Synchronizing Your System Profile; Log File; Configuration; Using The Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 Reference Manual

Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent
finish installing, you can delete them if you wish. You do not need them anymore.
After installing the packages, you must update your System Profile so that you are not prompted
to download them again. Refer to Section 3.3, "Synchronizing Your System Profile" for details.

3.3. Synchronizing Your System Profile

If you configured the Red Hat Update Agent to install the latest packages, the System Profile
stored by Red Hat Network is updated after the packages are installed. However, if you only
download the latest RPM packages using the Red Hat Update Agent, download the RPM
packages from the website, or upgrade/install/remove RPM packages yourself, your System
Profile is not updated automatically. You must send your updated System Profile to the RHN
Servers.
To synchronize the RPM package list on your local system and on Red Hat Network, run the
command:
up2date -p
After running this command, your RHN System Profile reflects the latest software versions
installed on your system.

3.4. Log File

The Red Hat Update Agent keeps a log of all the actions that it performs on your system in the
file . It uses the standard rotating log method. Thus, older logs are in
/var/log/up2date
, , and . The log files store
/var/log/up2date.1 /var/log/up2date.2 /var/log/up2date.3
actions performed by the Red Hat Update Agent such as when your RPM database is opened,
when it connects to Red Hat Network to retrieve information from your System Profile, which
packages are downloaded, which packages are installed using the Red Hat Update Agent, and
which packages are deleted from your system after installation. If you choose to install and
delete packages yourself, it is not logged in this file. Red Hat Network recommends that you
keep a log of actions not performed with the Red Hat Update Agent.

4. Configuration

The Red Hat Update Agent offers various options to configure its settings.
If you are not running the X Window System or prefer the command line version, skip to
Section 4.2, "Command Line Version".

4.1. Using the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool

You must be root to run the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool. If started by a user
other than root, the Red Hat Update Agent prompts you for the root password. The Red Hat
Update Agent Configuration Tool can be started by typing the command
up2date --config
at a shell prompt (for example, an xterm or a gnome-terminal).
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