Using The --Configure Option - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 - CLIENT Configuration Manual

Chapter 2. Client Applications
2.2. Using the Option
--configure
Both the Red Hat Network Registration Client and the Red Hat Update Agent that ship with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux provide interfaces for configuring various settings. For full listings of
these settings, refer to the chapters dedicated to the applications in the RHN Management
Reference Guide.
Each application offers a graphical user interface (GUI) for configuration that enables you to
change the settings required by RHN Proxy Server or RHN Satellite Server. The GUI requires
that the client system run the X Window System. The command to launch the GUI configuration
interface will look like:
application_filename --configure
To reconfigure the Red Hat Update Agent, issue the following command as root:
up2date --configure
You are presented with a dialog box offering various settings that may be reconfigured. In the
General tab, under replace the default value
Select a Red Hat Network Server to use
with the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the RHN Satellite Server or RHN Proxy Server,
such as . Retain the at the
https://your_proxy_or_sat.your_domain.com/XMLRPC /XMLRPC
end. When finished, click OK.
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