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Glossary
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Action
Activation Key
B
Base Channel
Bug Fix Alert
Bugzilla
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Channel
Child Channel
Client System
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Digital Certificate
A task that is scheduled by a system administrator using Red
Hat Network to be performed on one or more client systems. For
example, an action can be scheduled to update the kernel packages
on all the systems within a selected group.
RHN Management and Provisioningcustomers can generate
activation keys through the RHN website. Each unique key can then
be used to register a Red Hat system, entitle the system to RHN,
subscribe the system to specific channels, and subscribe the system
to RHN system groups through the command line utility rhnreg_ks
from the rhn_register package.
A base channel is a type of
packages based on a specific architecture and Red Hat release. For
example, all the packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 for the
x86 architecture make a base channel.
Errata Alert
An that pertains to a bug fix.
Bugzilla is an online application
that allows users to communicate directly with the developers. From
Bugzilla, users can submit bug reports and feature requests for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux and related open source packages.
A channel is a list of packages. Channels are used to choose
packages to be installed from client systems. Every client system
must be subscribed to one
Child Channel
one or more
Channel
A child channel is a
contains extra packages.
Registered System
See
A client component in XML format that is stored in the /etc/
sysconfig/rhn/systemid file on registered systems. Red Hat
Network verifies this certificate to authenticate the registered system
before each connection. This certificate is issued by Red Hat and
passed to the system as part of the registration process. It includes
unique information about the registered system to avoid fraudulent
use.
Channel
that consists of a list of
(http://www.redhat.com/bugzilla
Base Channel
and can be subscribed to
.
associated with a
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Base Channel
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