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Please note that changing the password on the RHN website will change only the local password on
the RHN Satellite Server, which may not be used at all if PAM is enabled for that user. In the above
example, for instance, the Kerberos password will not be changed.

8.10. Enabling Push to Clients

In addition to allowing client systems to regularly poll the Satellite for scheduled actions, you may
enable the Satellite to immediately initiate those tasks on Provisioning-entitled systems. This bypasses
the typical delay between scheduling an action and the client system checking in with RHN to retrieve
it.
Important
SSL must be employed between the Satellite and its clients systems for this feature to work. If the
SSL certificates are not available, the daemon on the client system fails to connect.
To take advantage of this feature, you must first configure your firewall rules to allow connections on
the required port(s), as described in Section 2.4 Additional Requirements.
Then you must install the
software channel for the Satellite within the central RHN website. Once installed, start the service on
the Satellite as root using the command:
service osa-dispatcher start
Finally, install the
osad
be found within the RHN Tools child channel for the systems on the RHN Satellite Server. Once
installed, start the service on the client systems as root using the command:
service osad start
Like other services,
osa-dispatcher
well.
Keep in mind, this feature depends on the client system recognizing the fully qualified domain name
(FQDN) of the Satellite. This name and not the IP address of the server must be used when configuring
the Red Hat Update Agent. Refer to the RHN Client Configuration Guide for details.
Now when you schedule actions from the Satellite on any of the push-enabled systems, the task will
began immediately rather than wait for the system to check in.
package, which can be found in the RHN Satellite Server
osa-dispatcher
package on all client systems to receive pushed actions. The package can
and
osad
accept ,
stop restart
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