Enabling Commands; Issuing Commands - Red Hat NETWORK 4.0.5 Reference Manual

182 Chapter 8. UNIX Support Guide
systems through the Satellite's RHN website. This feature allows you to run virtually any
(compatible) application or script on any system in your domain without ever having to
open a terminal.

8.5.1. Enabling Commands

With the flexibility this tool offers comes great risk and the responsibility to mitigate that
risk. For all practical purposes, this feature grants a root BASH prompt to anyone with
administrative access to the system on the website.
This can be controlled, however, through the same config-enable mechanism used to de-
termine which systems can have their configuration files managed by Red Hat Network.
Refer to the Configuration tab description within the System Details section of the RHN
Provisioning Reference Guide for details.
In short, you must create a directory and file on the UNIX system that tell RHN
it is acceptable to run remote commands on the machine. The directory must be
named , the file must be named , and both must be located in the
script run
directory specific to your UNIX variant.
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/
For instance, in Solaris, issue this command to create the directory:
mkdir -p /opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/script
To create the requisite file in Solaris, issue this command:
touch /opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/script/run

8.5.2. Issuing Commands

You may schedule a remote command in a variety of ways: on an individual system, on
multiple systems at once, and to accompany a package action.
To run a remote command on an individual system by itself, open the System Details page,
click the Remote Command subtab, and establish the settings for the command. You may
identify a specific user, group, and timeout period, as well as the script itself. Select a date
and time to begin attempting the command, and click the Schedule Remote Command
link.
Similarly, you may issue a remote command on multiple systems at once through the Sys-
tem Set Manager. Select the systems, go to the System Set Manager, click the Misc
tab, and scroll down to the Remote Command section. From there you may run a remote
command on the selected systems at once.
To run a remote command with a package action, schedule the action through the Packages
tab of the System Details page and click Run Remote Command while confirming the