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Glossary
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Email Notification
Enhancement Alert
Entitled Server
Errata
Errata Alert
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Management
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Notification Method
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Satellite Administrator
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Errata Alert
Similar to an
email. If the email notifications option is selected, notifications are
sent for every Red Hat Network
type of Errata Alert, summary of the Errata, description of the Errata,
and a list of which systems are affected by the report.
Errata Alert
An that pertains to a package enhancement request.
A server that is subscribed to an RHN service level. Because the
server is entitled, the RHN website can be used to manage its
packages.
Information published by Red Hat describing security fixes, bug
fixes, and package enhancements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
The information includes the topics of the Errata, Bugzilla bug IDs,
relevant releases/architectures, solutions including required RPMs,
and MD5 checksums for verification. Errata are also available at
http://www.redhat.com/errata/. Each RHN
the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata List.
Security issues and bug fixes are submitted by Red Hat engineers
as well as the Linux community through Bugzilla which generates a
bug report for each issue. Red Hat engineering evaluates the reports,
resolves the bug, and generates new RPM packages. After the Red
Hat quality assurance team tests new packages they are placed on
the Red Hat Public File Server and on the Red Hat Network Server
and an Errata is generated.
RHN Errata Alert that updated packages based on Red Hat Errata
are available for one or more systems within an organization. There
are three types of Errata Alerts: Security Alerts, Bug Fix Alerts, and
Enhancement Alerts.
One of the RHN service level offerings. It has more features than the
Update service level, including user management, system groups,
and enhanced system details.
An email address to which RHN Monitoring messages will be sent.
Satellite Administrator are sets of users that have the highest level of
control over an organization's Red Hat Network account. Members
of this group can add users, systems, and system groups to the
organization as well as remove them. An Satellite Administrator
can also give users administrative privileges to system groups. An
, except the information is delivered via
Errata Alert
. The email includes the
Errata Alert
is based on