Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.2 - CLIENT Configuration Manual page 10

Chapter 2. Client Applications
You are presented with a dialog box offering various settings that may be reconfigured. In the General
tab, under Select a Red Hat Network Server to use replace the default value with the
fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the RHN Satellite Server or RHN Proxy Server, such as
https://your_proxy_or_sat.your_domain.com/XMLRPC. Retain the /XMLRPC at the end.
When finished, click OK.
Figure 2.1. Red Hat Update Agent GUI Configuration
Make sure you enter the domain name of your RHN Satellite Server or RHN Proxy Server correctly.
Entering an incorrect domain or leaving the field blank may prevent up2date --configure from
launching. This may be resolved, however, by editing the value in the up2date configuration file.
Section 2.2.3, "Updating the Configuration Files Manually"
Refer to
Warning
Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or newer have registration functionality
built into the Red Hat Update Agent and therefore do not install the Red Hat Network
Registration Client. Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (and versions
of Red Hat Linux prior to 8.0) must reconfigure and use the Red Hat Network
Registration Client, as well as the Red Hat Update Agent.
To reconfigure the Red Hat Network Registration Client, perform an almost identical set of steps. As
root, run the following command:
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for precise instructions.