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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.
To change the password, type the new password in the New Password text field and click Change
Password.

6.3.4. Activation Keys

RHN Enterprise customers can generate activation keys through the RHN website. Each unique key
can then be used to register the RHL system, entitle the system to RHN Enterprise, subscribe the
system to specific channels, and subscribe the system to RHN system groups through the command
line utility
rhnreg_ks
can be automated along with registration, without having to run the Red Hat Network Registration
Client on each client system and entitle each system through the RHN website.
Note
Version 2.7.20 or higher of the
use the latest version before using activation keys.
To generate an activation key:
1. Select Your RHN => Activation Keys from the left navigation bar.
2. Click the Generate Activation Key button.
3. Provide the following information:
Description — User-defined description to identify the generated activation key.
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Usage Limit: — The number of times the key can be used to register a system before the
•
activation key is disabled.
Channels — Channels to subscribe the system to as applicable.
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Groups — System groups to subscribe the system to after registering it.
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4. Click Submit.
After creating the unique key, it appears in the list of activation keys, along with the number of times
it has been used.
To change information about a key, such as the channels, click edit beside the key in the activation
key list. Make any changes, and click the Submit key.
To delete a key, click edit beside the key in the activation key list, and click the Delete Key button.
If you do not want the key to be used to activate a system, you can disable it by unselecting the
corresponding checkbox under the Enabled column in the activation keys list. The key can be re-
enabled by selecting the checkbox.
To use an activation key, as root from a shell prompt on the system to be registered, use the
command. For example:
rhnreg_ks --serialnumber=7202f3b7d218cf59b764f9f6e9fa281b
from the
rhn_register
rhn_register
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package. Thus, channel and group subscriptions
package is required. It is highly recommended that you
rhnreg_ks