Introduction To The Guide; Document Conventions - Red Hat NETWORK 4.1.0 Reference Manual

Introduction to the Guide

Welcome to the Red Hat Network 4.1.0 Reference Guide. The RHN Reference Guide guides
you through registering systems with Red Hat Network and using its many features.
Since Red Hat Network offers a variety of service levels, from the most basic Update
module to the most advanced Monitoring package, some content of this guide may be
inapplicable to you. This is particularly true of the RHN website, which displays selected
categories, pages, and tabs depending on the entitlement level of the account used to log
in. Refer to Chapter 6 Red Hat Network Website to determine what is available to you.
Depending on the version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux installed and the addition of new
features, the Red Hat Network Registration Client and the Red Hat Update Agent
may differ from the descriptions in this manual. Use Red Hat Network to update these
applications before referring to the latest version of this manual.
All versions of this manual are available in HTML and PDF formats at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/.
This version of the manual covers version 4.4.5 of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4
Red Hat Update Agent and versions 2.9.14 and 2.9.12 of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2.1 Red Hat Update Agent and Red Hat Network Registration Client, respectively.
Warning
Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 must use the Red Hat Network
Registration Client before starting the Red Hat Update Agent. Refer to
Chapter 5 Red Hat Network Registration Client for instructions. Systems running Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and later register with the Red Hat
Update Agent. Refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent for instructions.
For an overview of Red Hat Network offerings, please review the descriptions available at
http://www.redhat.com/software/rhn/.

1. Document Conventions

In this manual, certain words are represented in different fonts, typefaces, sizes, and
weights. This highlighting is systematic; different words are represented in the same style
to indicate their inclusion in a specific category. The types of words that are represented
this way include the following:
command
Linux commands (and other operating system commands, when used) are represented
this way. This style should indicate to you that you can type the word or phrase on