Starting The Red Hat Network Registration Client - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 Reference Manual

The most common options configured are
server. To enable a proxy server, change the value for
to the name of the proxy server and port number in the format HOST:PORT. For
httpProxy
example, to use the proxy server squid.mysite.org on port 3128, you would change the value to
squid.mysite.org:3128
If you require a proxy username and password, set
username/password authentication for the proxy, and set
appropriate username and password for the proxy.
To bypass SSL, change the protocol for
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn_register

2. Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client

You must be root to register a system with RHN. If started by a standard users, the Red Hat
Network Registration Client prompts you to enter the root password before proceeding.
Important
If your username is part of a larger organizational account, be cautious when
registering your systems. By default, all systems registered with the Red Hat
Network Registration Client end up in the Ungrouped section of systems
visible only to Satellite Administrators. To ensure that you retain management of
these systems, Red Hat recommends that your organization create an activation
key associated with a specific system group and grant you permissions to that
group. You may then register your systems using that activation key and find
those System Profiles within RHN immediately. Refer to
with Activation Keys"
To start the Red Hat Network Registration Client, use one of the following methods:
1. On the GNOME desktop, go to Applications (the main menu on the panel) => Programs =>
System => Red Hat Network
2. On the KDE desktop, go to Applications (the main menu on the panel) => System => Red
Hat Network
3. Type the command
terminal)
4. If you are not running the X Window System, type the command
prompt. Refer to Section 7, "Text Mode RHN Registration Client"
enableProxy
.
serverURL
file.
for instructions.
at a shell prompt (for example an XTerm or GNOME
rhn_register
Starting the Red Hat Network Registration
and to enable a proxy
httpProxy
to
enableProxy Yes
to
enableProxyAuth
and
proxyUser
from to in the
https http
Section 5, "Registering
rhn_register
for further details.
and the value of
to enable
Yes
to the
proxyPassword
at a shell
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