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  • Page 1 Red Hat Network Basic User Reference Guide 3.3...
  • Page 2 Red Hat Network Basic: User Reference Guide 3.3 Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Drive Raleigh NC 27606-2072 USA Phone: +1 919 754 3700 Phone: 888 733 4281 Fax: +1 919 754 3701 PO Box 13588 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA RHNbasic(EN)-3.3-HTML-RHI (2002-05-06T10:470400)

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction............................v 1. Document Conventions......................v 2. More to Come ........................vii 2.1. Send in Your Feedback ..................vii 1. What is Red Hat Network? ......................9 1.1. Demo..........................10 1.2. Basic..........................10 1.3. Enterprise ......................... 10 1.4.
  • Page 4 6. Red Hat Network Website......................53 6.1. Logging into the RHN Website..................53 6.2. Introduction to the Web Interface ..................53 6.2.1. Errata Alerts ...................... 55 6.3. Your RHN ........................55 6.3.1. Your Account ....................56 6.3.2. Entitlements ...................... 57 6.3.3.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    2.7.21-7.x.3 of the Red Hat Network Registration Client. For a more detailed, technical overview of Red Hat Network, please refer to the whitepapers available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/wp/. For an interactive demo of RHN, go to http://rhn.redhat.com/demo/rhn_demo.html. It requires the Macromedia Flash player. 1. Document Conventions When you read this manual, you will see that certain words are represented in different fonts, type- faces, sizes, and weights.
  • Page 6 Introduction [key] A key on the keyboard is shown in this style. For example: To use [Tab] completion, type in a character and then press the [Tab] key. Your terminal will display the list of files in the directory that start with that letter. [key]-[combination] A combination of keystrokes is represented in this way.

  • Page 7: More To Come

    Introduction user input Text that the user has to type, either on the command line, or into a text box on a GUI screen, is displayed in this style. In the following example, text is displayed in this style: To boot your system into the text based installation program, you will need to type in the text command at the prompt.

  • Page 8: Send In Your Feedback

    Introduction 2.1. Send in Your Feedback If you would like to make suggestions about the Red Hat Network Basic User Reference Guide, please mention this guide’s identifier: RHNbasic(EN)-3.3-HTML-RHI (2002-05-06T10:470400) You can send mail to: < > rhn-feedback@redhat.com...

  • Page 9: What Is Red Hat Network

    Package Profile. This information is sent to RHN and RHN returns a unique System ID to your system (see Chapter 2 for further information). You can use either of the two Red Hat Network user interfaces: https://rhn.redhat.com • The Red Hat Update Agent •...

  • Page 10: Demo

    To create an account that can be used to entitle systems to the RHN Enterprise, go to http://rhn.redhat.com/ and click on the Create Account link under the Your RHN category. On the Sign Up for Red Hat Network page, click Create a Corporate Account. After creating a corporate...

  • Page 11: Automatic Notifications And Scheduled Package Installations

    Red Hat’s GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) signature to ensure authenticity. Red Hat Network incorporates the following security measures: 1. Your System Profile available at http://rhn.redhat.com is only accessible with an RHN verified user name and password. 2. A Digital Certificate is written to the client system after registration and is used to authenticate the system during each transaction between the client and Red Hat Network.

  • Page 12: Before You Begin

    5. All packages are tested and verified by the Red Hat Quality Assurance Team before they are added to the Red Hat Errata list and Red Hat Network. Refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/help/faq.pxt for a list of Frequently Asked Questions. 1.6. Before You Begin Red Hat Network is available for Red Hat Linux 6.2 and higher.
  • Page 13 (or from a Red Hat FTP mirror available at http://www.redhat.com/mirrors.html). Always check the Red Hat Errata page, available at http://www.redhat.com/errata/, for package updates. If you install an older version of these packages, you can retrieve the latest versions using Red Hat Network. The first...
  • Page 14 Chapter 1. What is Red Hat Network?

  • Page 15: Red Hat Network Registration Client

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Before you begin using Red Hat Network, you need to create a username, password, and System Profile. The Red Hat Network Registration Client walks you through this process. 2.1. Configuring the Red Hat Network Registration Client Warning Most users do not need to configure the Red Hat Network Registration Client before registering their systems.

  • Page 16: Starting The Red Hat Network Registration Client

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client noSSLServerURL http://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC oemInfoFile /etc/sysconfig/rhn/oeminfo enableProxy networkSetup httpProxy proxyUser serverURL https://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC proxyPassword debug Enter number of item to edit return to exit, q to quit without saving ¡ Enter the number of the item that you want to modify, and enter a new value for the option. When you finish changing your configuration, press [Enter] to save your changes and exit.
  • Page 17 Yes. If you overwrite an existing system registration, you can delete the unused profile via the website at https://rhn.redhat.com. Figure 2-3. Warning: This System Already Registered The opening screen for the Red Hat Network Registration Client gives you a brief overview of the services available and the steps required to register (see Figure 2-4).
  • Page 18 Red Hat Network registration process is used to create a System Profile. The System Profile is essential if you wish to receive update notifications about your system. If you have any questions about how your information is being used, please contact us at < >. feedback@redhat.com...

  • Page 19: Registering A User Account

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-5. Red Hat Privacy Statement 2.3. Registering a User Account Before you can create a System Profile, you must create a user account. The only required information in this section is a unique username, password, and a valid email address. In the screen shown in Figure 2-7, you must choose a username and password.
  • Page 20 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Note If you are already a member of redhat.com, you can use the same user name and password. How- ever, you will still need to continue with the registration process to create your System Profile.

  • Page 21: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client 2.4. Registering a System Profile Now that you have a user account, you can create a System Profile that consists of hardware and software information about your Red Hat Linux system. The software System Profile information is used by Red Hat Network to determine what software update notifications you receive.

  • Page 22: Software System Profile

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-8. System Profile - Hardware 2.4.2. Software System Profile The software System Profile consists of a list of RPM packages for which you wish to receive notifi- cations. The Red Hat Network Registration Client shows you a list of all RPM packages listed in the RPM database on your system and then allows you to customize the list by deselecting packages.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-10. RPM Package Information 2.4.2.2. Choosing RPM Packages to Exclude from the System Profile By default, all RPM packages in your RPM database are included in your System Profile to be up- dated by Red Hat Network.

  • Page 24: Finishing Registration

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-11. Choose which RPM Packages to Exclude from System Profile 2.5. Finishing Registration As seen in Figure 2-12, the last step of registration is to confirm that you want to send your System Profile to the Red Hat Network.
  • Page 25 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-12. Finished Collecting Information for System Profile Figure 2-13 shows the progress bar you will see while your profile is being sent. This process may take some time depending on your connection speed. Figure 2-13.

  • Page 26: Entitling Your System

    Demo entitlement after creating an account by registering a system for RHN or creating a redhat.com account. To entitle a system, go to http://rhn.redhat.com and login using the same username and password you just used in the Red Hat Network Registration Client. On the left navigation bar, click Entitlements under the Your RHN category.
  • Page 27 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-15. Text Mode Welcome Screen...
  • Page 28 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client...

  • Page 29: Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool Before using the Red Hat Update Agent, you should configure the settings. This can be done with the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool. If you are not running the X Window System or prefer the command line version, skip to Section 3.5. 3.1.

  • Page 30: Retrieval/Installation Settings

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool Figure 3-1. General Settings 3.3. Retrieval/Installation Settings The Retrieval/Installation tab allows you to customize your software package retrieval and package installation preferences. Warning You must use Red Hat Update Agent Version 2.5.4 or higher to upgrade your kernel automatically. Red Hat Update Agent will install the updated kernel and configure LILO or GRUB to boot the new kernel the next time the system is rebooted.

  • Page 31: Package Exceptions Settings

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool Figure 3-2. Retrieval/Installation Settings The following package retrieval options can be selected (see Figure 3-2): Do not install packages after retrieval — download selected RPM packages to desired directory • and ignore the installation preferences Do not display packages when local configuration file has been modified —...

  • Page 32: Command Line Version

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool wild card at the end of the character string means all packages beginning with the character string will be excluded from the list. A wild card at the beginning of the character string means any packages that end with the character string will be excluded from the list.
  • Page 33 Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool 10. enableProxy 11. gpgKeyRing /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date-keyring.gpg 12. proxyUser 13. proxyPassword 14. headerFetchCount 15. versionOverride 16. useNoSSLForPackage No 17. enableProxyAuth 18. noSSLServerURL http://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC 19. noReplaceConfig 20. sslCACert /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT 21. noBootLoader 22. systemIdPath /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid 23. serverURL https://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC 24. pkgSkipList [’kernel*’] 25.
  • Page 34 Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool...

  • Page 35: Red Hat Update Agent

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent After configuring the settings for the Red Hat Update Agent using the instructions in Chapter 3, you can use the Red Hat Update Agent to retrieve the latest software packages from Red Hat. Using this tool will allow you to always have the most up-to-date Red Hat Linux system with all security patches, bug fixes, and software package enhancements.
  • Page 36 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Argument Description Configure Red Hat Update Agent options. This is equivalent to --configure running the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool up2date-config Download packages only; do not install them. This argument --download temporarily overrides the configuration option Do not install packages after retrieval.

  • Page 37: Choosing A Channel

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-2. Welcome Screen 4.2. Choosing a Channel The first step is to select the channel(s) from which you want the updated packages to be retrieved. Select one or more channels and click Next. Refer to Section 6.6 for more information on channels and how channels are used to determine which packages to install.

  • Page 38: Choosing Packages To Update

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-3. Channels 4.3. Choosing Packages to Update After clicking Next, the dialog box in Figure 4-4 will appear. This means that a connection to Red Hat Network is being established and that your customized list of updates is being retrieved. This might take some time, depending on the speed of your connection and the number of packages you have installed.
  • Page 39 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-5. No new packages needed If your system is not up-to-date, your customized list of available updated packages is displayed as shown in Figure 4-6. Figure 4-6. List of Available Updates By default, no packages are selected for download. If you highlight each package, a brief package description is displayed in the Package Information section at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 40 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-7. View Advisory After choosing which packages to update, the Red Hat Update Agent tests for RPM dependencies and prompts you if you have chosen to omit packages that are required for software updates that you did choose.

  • Page 41: Installing Updated Packages

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-9. Retrieval Finished 4.4. Installing Updated Packages After downloading the packages through the Red Hat Update Agent, they must be installed. If you chose not to have the packages installed via the Red Hat Update Agent, skip to Section 4.7 for further instructions.

  • Page 42: Update Agent Finished

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-10. Installation Finished 4.5. Update Agent Finished When the Red Hat Update Agent has finished downloading the desired packages (and installing them if you chose the install option), you will see the screen in Figure 4-11. Click Finish to exit the Red Hat Update Agent.

  • Page 43: Command Line Version

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-11. Update Agent Finished 4.6. Command Line Version If you are not running X, you can still run the Red Hat Update Agent from a virtual console or remote terminal. If you are running X but want to use the command line version, you can force it not to display the graphical interface with the following command: up2date --nox The command line version of the Red Hat Update Agent allows you to perform advanced functions...
  • Page 44 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Argument Description Download packages only, do not install them. This argument will --download override the configuration option Do not install packages after retrieval. Use this option if you prefer to install the packages manually. Download SRPM packages in addition to the binary RPM --src packages.

  • Page 45: Installing The Red Hat Gpg Key

    1. Cut and paste the following into a file and save it as or download it from redhat2.asc http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/. Type bits/keyID Date User ID 1024D/DB42A60E 1999-09-23 Red Hat Software, Inc. (security@redhat.com) 2048g/961630A2 1999-09-23 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----...

  • Page 46: Manual Package Installation

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGiBDfqVDgRBADBKr3Bl6PO8BQ0H8sJoD6p9U7Yyl7pjtZqioviPwXP+DCWd4u8 HQzcxAZ57m8ssA1LK1Fx93coJhDzM130+p5BG9mYSWShLabR3N1KXdXQYYcowTOM GxdwYRGr1Spw8QydLhjVfU1VSl4xt6bupPbWJbyjkg5Z3P7BlUOUJmrx3wCgobNV EDGaWYJcch5z5B1of/41G8kEAKii6q7Gu/vhXXnLS6m15oNnPVybyngiw/23dKjS ZVG7rKANEK2mxg1VB+vc/uUc4k49UxJJfCZg1gu1sPFV3GSa+Y/7jsiLktQvCiLP lncQt1dV+ENmHR5BdIDPWDzKBVbgWnSDnqQ6KrZ7T6AlZ74VMpjGxxkWU6vV2xsW XCLPA/9P/vtImA8CZN3jxGgtK5GGtDNJ/cMhhuv5tnfwFg4b/VGo2Jr8mhLUqoIb E6zeGAmZbUpdckDco8D5fiFmqTf5+++pCEpJLJkkzel/32N2w4qzPrcRMCiBURES PjCLd4Y5rPoU8E4kOHc/4BuHN903tiCsCPloCrWsQZ7UdxfQ5LQiUmVkIEhhdCwg SW5jIDxzZWN1cml0eUByZWRoYXQuY29tPohVBBMRAgAVBQI36lQ4AwsKAwMVAwID FgIBAheAAAoJECGRgM3bQqYOsBQAnRVtg7B25Hm11PHcpa8FpeddKiq2AJ9aO8sB XmLDmPOEFI75mpTrKYHF6rkCDQQ36lRyEAgAokgI2xJ+3bZsk8jRA8ORIX8DH05U lMH27qFYzLbT6npXwXYIOtVn0K2/iMDj+oEB1Aa2au4OnddYaLWp06v3d+XyS0t+ 5ab2ZfIQzdh7wCwxqRkzR+/H5TLYbMG+hvtTdylfqIX0WEfoOXMtWEGSVwyUsnM3 Jy3LOi48rQQSCKtCAUdV20FoIGWhwnb/gHU1BnmES6UdQujFBE6EANqPhp0coYoI hHJ2oIO8ujQItvvNaU88j/s/izQv5e7MXOgVSjKe/WX3s2JtB/tW7utpy12wh1J+ JsFdbLV/t8CozUTpJgx5mVA3RKlxjTA+On+1IEUWioB+iVfT7Ov/0kcAzwADBQf9 E4SKCWRand8K0XloMYgmipxMhJNnWDMLkokvbMNTUoNpSfRoQJ9EheXDxwMpTPwK ti/PYrrL2J11P2ed0x7zm8v3gLrY0cue1iSba+8glY+p31ZPOr5ogaJw7ZARgoS8 BwjyRymXQp+8Dete0TELKOL2/itDOPGHW07SsVWOR6cmX4VlRRcWB5KejaNvdrE5 4XFtOd04NMgWI63uqZc4zkRa+kwEZtmbz3tHSdRCCE+Y7YVP6IUf/w6YPQFQriWY FiA6fD10eB+BlIUqIw80VgjsBKmCwvKkn4jg8kibXgj4/TzQSx77uYokw1EqQ2wk OZoaEtcubsNMquuLCMWijYhGBBgRAgAGBQI36lRyAAoJECGRgM3bQqYOhyYAnj7h VDY/FJAGqmtZpwVp9IlitW5tAJ4xQApr/jNFZCTksnI+4O1765F7tA== =3AHZ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 2.

  • Page 47: Log File

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent up2date -p After running this command, your RHN System Profile will reflect the latest software versions in- stalled on your system. 4.9. Log File The Red Hat Update Agent keeps a log of all the actions that it performs on your system in the file .
  • Page 48 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent...

  • Page 49: Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool The Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool is a GNOME applet that appears on the panel and alerts users when software package updates are available for their systems. The list of updates are retrieved from the RHN Servers.

  • Page 50: Notification Icons

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool If your network connection requires you to use an HTTP Proxy Server to make HTTP connec- tions, on the Proxy Configuration screen, type your proxy server in the text field with the format http://HOST:PORT.

  • Page 51: Applying Updates

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool Figure 5-3. Critical Information The Available Updates tab displays a list of available package updates, including the installed version number and the available version number. 5.4. Applying Updates If the system is registered with RHN and entitled to a service offering, you can apply the Errata Updates with the Red Hat Update Agent.
  • Page 52 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool...

  • Page 53: Red Hat Network Website

    Figure 6-1. RHN Website If you have not registered a system yet or do not have a redhat.com account, create a new account by clicking Sign Up. After creating a new user account, you must register your system before using RHN.

  • Page 54: Introduction To The Web Interface

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website 6.2. Introduction to the Web Interface The left navigation bar is divided into categories and pages within the categories. A user with entitled systems has permission to use the following categories and pages. Each will be explained in more detail throughout this manual.

  • Page 55: Errata Alerts

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website Help Desk — Learn how to use Red Hat Network and receive help if needed. • Terms and Conditions — License Agreement and Limited Product Warranty. • FAQ — List of Frequently Asked Questions. •...

  • Page 56: Your Account

    Addresses tab, change the information and click the Update button on the page. If you want to change your Red Hat Network password (the one used to log into RHN and redhat.com) click the Details tab on the Your Account page and replace the asterisks in the Password and Pass-...

  • Page 57: Entitlements

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website word Confirmation text fields with your new password. You will not see your password as you type it for security reasons. Click Update to change your password. The email address on the Details tab is the address Red Hat Network sends email notifications to, if you have selected to receive Errata Alert email for your systems under the Preferences tab.

  • Page 58: Organization Information

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website 6.3.3. Organization Information The Organization Info page allows Organization Administrator to change the customer password for the corporate account. This ID and password combination is used by new users who wish to join the organization’s account.

  • Page 59: Systems

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website This command performs all the actions that the Red Hat Network Registration Client does. Do not run the Red Hat Network Registration Client program after running rhnreg_ks A System Profile, including software and hardware information, is created for the system and sent to the RHN servers along with the unique activation key.

  • Page 60: System Details

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website Figure 6-3. Systems List If you click on the Detailed View link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, you can view more details about the systems as shown in Figure 6-4. Click the UPDATE NOW link to apply all Errata Updates.
  • Page 61 Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website The System Details page is further divided into tabbed pages. The first tabbed page you see is the Details page. Notice the button Update this System. If you click it, you can apply all relevant Errata Updates to the individual system.

  • Page 62: Errata

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website 6.5. Errata Red Hat releases Errata Alerts in three categories: Security Alerts, Bug Fix Alerts, and Enhancement Alerts. Each Errata Alert is comprised of a summary of the problem and the solution, including the RPM packages required to fix the problem.

  • Page 63: Errata Details

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website 2. To apply a specific Errata Update to one or more systems, click on Errata on the left navigation bar and use the All Errata, Applicable Errata, or Errata Search page to find the Errata Update that you want to apply.

  • Page 64: Download Iso Images

    To download an ISO image, click on the name of the corresponding CD-ROM image. For instructions on burning the ISO image to a CD-R or CD-RW, refer to the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/. 6.6.3. Channel Details If you click on the name of a channel, the Channel Details page will appear.

  • Page 65: Channel Subscribe And Unsubscribe

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website the version that shipped with Red Hat Linux 7.1, but the system has version 2.5.2 of the package installed, the newer version of the package will be in the list of updated packages for the system. Name —...

  • Page 66: Package Download

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website Important If you use automatic package installation, the packages will be installed via the RHN Daemon. You must have the RHN Daemon enabled on your systems. Refer to Chapter 7 for more details. To apply Errata Updates, refer to Section 6.5.4. To upgrade outdated packages on a single entitled system, follow these steps: 1.

  • Page 67: Scheduled Actions

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website 1. Select Channels and Packages => Channel List from the left navigation bar. 2. Click on the name of the channel that contains the package(s) that you want to download. 3. Select the Package List tab. 4.
  • Page 68 Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website Each tabbed page on the Scheduled Actions page represents a type of action. There are three types of actions: Pending Actions are actions that have not started or are in progress. • Failed Actions are actions that have failed. If the action returns an error, it will be displayed. •...

  • Page 69: Red Hat Network Daemon

    Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Daemon The Red Hat Network Daemon periodically connects to the Red Hat Network to check for updates and notifications. The default interval time is two hours (120 minutes). This can be configured in file by specifying the time interval in minutes. If you modify /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd the configuration file, you must (as root) restart the daemon with the command service rhnsd...
  • Page 70 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Daemon...

  • Page 71: Using Red Hat Network With Red Hat Linux 6.2

    5. After they are installed, run the Red Hat Network Registration Client ( ) to rhn_register register your system. See Chapter 2 for details. 6. Login to your account at http://rhn.redhat.com to configure your preferences and to configure which systems you want to entitle.
  • Page 72 Chapter 8. Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6.2...

  • Page 73: Glossary

    An Errata Alert that pertains to a bug fix. Bugzilla Bugzilla is an online application (http://www.redhat.com/bugzilla) that allows users to commu- nicate directly with the developers. From Bugzilla, users can submit bug reports and feature requests for Red Hat Linux and related open source packages.
  • Page 74 Glossary Child Channel A child channel is a Channel associated with a Base Channel but contains extra packages. Client System See Registered System . Digital Certificate A client component in XML format that is stored in the file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid on registered systems. Red Hat Network verifies this certificate to authenticate the registered system before each connection.
  • Page 75 Red Hat Linux. The information includes the topics of the Errata, Bugzilla bug IDs, relevant releases/architectures, solutions including required RPMs, and MD5 checksums for ver- ification. Errata are also available at http://www.redhat.com/errata/. Each RHN Errata Alert is based on the Red Hat Linux Errata List.
  • Page 76 Glossary Red Hat Update Agent The RHN client application ( ) that allows users to retrieve and install all updated pack- up2date ages for the client system on which the application is run. Use the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool to configure its preferences, including whether to install the packages after they are downloaded.
  • Page 77 Glossary System Profile Hardware and software information about the client system. It is created during the registration process. The software information is a list of RPM packages and their versions installed on the client system. The System Profile is used to determine every Errata Alert relevant to each client system.
  • Page 78 Glossary...

  • Page 79: Index

    Index Applicable Errata, 62 apply applicable, 61 Errata Search, 62 Errata Alerts activation key, 58 applying, 62 deleting, 58 explanation of, 55 disabling, 58 editing, 58 searching, 62 generating, 58 viewing details, 63 using, 58 viewing list of all errata, 62 viewing list of applicable errata, 62 base channel, 63 Basic, 10...
  • Page 80 username, 19 with a proxy server, 16 package installation with activation key, 58 scheduled, 11 package list rhnreg_ks, 58 Updating on server, 46, 61 rhnsd packages (See Red Hat Network Daemon) details, 65 rhn_register download, 64 (See Registration) downloading, 66 filter, 64 installing, 65 password...
  • Page 81 overview, 54 Scheduled Actions, 67 website, 53 System Details, 60 activation keys, 58 System List, 59 All Errata, 62 Systems, 59 Applicable Errata, 62 Your Account, 56 Channel Details, 64 Your RHN, 55 Channel List, 63 Channels and Packages, 63 Entitlements, 57 Errata, 62 Errata Search, 62...

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