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  • Page 1 Red Hat Network Workgroup User Reference Guide 1.0 Red Hat, Inc.
  • Page 3 Red Hat Network Workgroup: User Reference Guide 1.0 Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Inc. 2600 Meridian Parkway Durham NC 27713 USA Phone: +1 919 547 0012 Phone: 888 733 4281 Fax: +1 919 547 0024 PO Box 13588 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA RHNworkgroup(EN)-1.0-Print-RHI (2002-01-18T17:410400)

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ............................ vii 1. Document Conventions ....................vii 2. More to Come ........................x 2.1. Send in Your Feedback ..................x 1. What is Red Hat Network?......................11 1.1. Basic ..........................12 1.2. Workgroup ........................12 1.3. Automatic Notifications and Package Installation........... 13 1.4.
  • Page 6 5.4.4. System Details ....................56 5.5. Channels and Packages....................57 5.5.1. System List ...................... 57 5.5.2. Channel List ....................57 5.5.3. Channel Details ....................57 5.5.4. Channel Subscribe and Unsubscribe............59 5.5.5. Package Details....................59 5.5.6. Package Install ....................59 5.5.7.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    1.5.0 of the Red Hat Network Registration Client. For a more detailed, technical overview of Red Hat Network, please refer to the Red Hat Network Technical Paper available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/wp/. 1. Document Conventions When you read this manual, you will see that certain words are represented in different fonts, typefaces, sizes, and weights.
  • Page 8 viii Introduction [key] A key on the keyboard is shown in this style. For example: To use [Tab] completion, type in a character and then press the [Tab] key. Your terminal will display the list of files in the directory that start with that letter. [key]-[combination] A combination of keystrokes is represented in this way.
  • Page 9 Introduction The output returned in response to the command (in this case, the contents of the direc- tory) is shown in this style. prompt A prompt, which is a computer’s way of signifying that it is ready for you to input something, will be shown in this style.

  • Page 10: More To Come

    Network features and service plans are launched. 2.1. Send in Your Feedback If you would like to make suggestions about the Red Hat Network Workgroup User Reference Guide, please mention this guide’s identifier: RHNworkgroup(EN)-1.0-Print-RHI (2002-01-18T17:410400) You can send mail to: < > rhn-feedback@redhat.com...

  • Page 11: What Is Red Hat Network

    Many Red Hat Network terms are used throughout this manual. As you read the Red Hat Network User Reference Guide, refer to the Glossary as necessary for explanation of common terms. Refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/help/faq.pxt for a list of Frequently Asked Questions.

  • Page 12: Basic

    To create a corporate account that can be used to entitle systems to the RHN Workgroup, go to http://rhn.redhat.com/ and click on the Create Account link under the Your RHN category. On the Sign Up for Red Hat Network page, click Create a Corporate Account. After creating a corporate account, users within your organization need to click the Join a Cor- porate Account link to create an RHN user account.

  • Page 13: Automatic Notifications And Package Installation

    Red Hat Network incorporates the following security measures: 1. Your System Profile available at http://rhn.redhat.com is only accessible with an RHN verified user name and password. 2. A Digital Certificate is written to the client system after registration and is used to au- thenticate the system during each transaction between the client and Red Hat Network.
  • Page 14 Red Hat RedHat/RPMS FTP site available at ftp://ftp.redhat.com (or from a Red Hat FTP mirror available at http://www.redhat.com/mirrors.html). Always check the Red Hat Errata page, available at http://www.redhat.com/errata/, for package updates. If you install an older version of these packages, you can retreive the latest versions using Red Hat Network.

  • Page 15: Red Hat Network Registration Client

    Do not attempt to use this option unless you must. To start the configuration tool, use the command: rhn_register --configure You will be presented with a list of options and their current values: enableProxyAuth noSSLServerURL http://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC enableProxy httpProxy proxyUser serverURL https://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC...
  • Page 16 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client 2. On the KDE desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Red Hat => System => Red Hat Network 3. Type the command at a shell prompt (for example an xterm or gnome- rhn_register terminal) 4.
  • Page 17 Red Hat Network registration process is used to create a System Profile. The System Profile is essential if you wish to receive update notifications about your system. If you have any questions about how your information is being used, please contact us at < >. feedback@redhat.com...

  • Page 18: Registering A User Account

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-3. Red Hat Privacy Statement 2.3. Registering a User Account Before you can create a System Profile, you must create a user account. The only required information in this section is a unique user name, password, and a valid email address. In the screen shown in Figure 2-6, you must choose a user name and password.
  • Page 19 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Note If you are already a member of redhat.com, you can use the same user name and password. How- ever, you will still need to continue with the registration process to create your System Profile.

  • Page 20: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-6. Create a Unique User Name and Password Most users can leave the Org Info section blank. If you have an existing organization ac- count, enter your organization’s ID and password in the provided text fields. If the values are valid, the system will be added to the organization’s Red Hat Network account.

  • Page 21: Software System Profile

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client PCI devices • Disk sizes • Mount points • The next step is choosing a profile name for your system as shown in Figure 2-7. The default value is the hostname for the system. You may modify this to be a more descriptive string, such as Email Server for Support Team, if you find it more helpful.
  • Page 22 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client progress bar you will see while the Red Hat Network Registration Client gathers a list of the RPM packages installed on your system. This operation may take some time depending on your system. Figure 2-8.

  • Page 23: Finishing Registration

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-10. Choose which RPM Packages to Exclude from System Profile 2.5. Finishing Registration As seen in Figure 2-11, the last step of registration is to confirm that you want to send your System Profile to the Red Hat Network.
  • Page 24 You will know your System Profile has been successfully sent when you see the Registration Finished screen (Figure 2-13). Click Finish to exit the Red Hat Network Registration Client. After completing the registration, visit http://rhn.redhat.com to verify your System Profile and make any changes.

  • Page 25: Entitling Your System

    Basic subscription after creating an account by registering a system for RHN or creating a redhat.com account. To entitle a system, go to http://rhn.redhat.com and login using the same username and password you just used in the Red Hat Network Registration Client. On the left navigation bar, click Entitlements under the Your RHN category.
  • Page 26 Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 2-14. Text Mode Welcome Screen...

  • Page 27: Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool Before using the Red Hat Update Agent, you should configure the settings. This can be done with the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool. If you are not running the X Window System or prefer the command line version, skip to Section 3.5.

  • Page 28: Retrieval/Installation Settings

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool Figure 3-1. General Settings 3.3. Retrieval/Installation Settings The Retrieval/Installation tab allows you to customize your software package retrieval and package installation preferences. Warning You must use Red Hat Update Agent Version 2.5.4 or higher to upgrade your kernel automatically. Red Hat Update Agent will install the updated kernel and configure LILO or GRUB to boot the new kernel the next time the system is rebooted.

  • Page 29: Package Exceptions Settings

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool Figure 3-2. Retrieval/Installation Settings The following package retrieval options can be selected (see Figure 3-2): Do not install packages after retrieval — download selected RPM packages to desired • directory and ignore the installation preferences Do not display packages when local configuration file has been modified —...

  • Page 30: Command Line Version Of Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool To define a set of packages to be excluded according to the package name, enter a character string including wild cards (*) in the Add new text field under in the Package Names to Skip section.
  • Page 31 Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool removeSkipList [’kernel*’] retrieveOnly enableProxy keepAfterInstall 10. proxyPassword 11. proxyUser 12. headerFetchCount 13. versionOverride 14. enableProxyAuth 15. noSSLServerURL http://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC 16. noReplaceConfig 17. noBootLoader 18. systemIdPath /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid 19. serverURL https://beta.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC 20. pkgSkipList [’kernel*’] 21. adminAddress [’root@localhost’] 22. forceInstall 23.
  • Page 32 Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool...

  • Page 33: Red Hat Update Agent

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent After configuring the settings for the Red Hat Update Agent using the instructions in Chap- ter 3, you can use the Red Hat Update Agent to retrieve the latest software packages from Red Hat. Using this tool will allow you to always have the most up-to-date Red Hat Linux system with all security patches, bug fixes, and software package enhancements.
  • Page 34 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Argument Description --nosig Do not use GPG to check package signatures. This option will override the saved configuration option. --tmpdir=directory Override the configured package directory. The default location is . This option is useful if /var/spool/up2date you do not have enough space in the configured location.

  • Page 35: Choosing A Channel

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-2. Welcome Screen 4.2. Choosing a Channel The first step is to select the channel(s) from which you want the updated packages to be re- treived. Select one or more channels and click Next. Refer to Section 5.5 for more information on channels and how channels are used to determine which packages to install.

  • Page 36: Choosing Packages To Update

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-3. Channels 4.3. Choosing Packages to Update After clicking Next on the Welcome Screen, the dialog box in Figure 4-4 will appear. This means that a connection to Red Hat Network is being established and that your customized list of updates is being retreived.
  • Page 37 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-5. No new packages needed If your system is not up-to-date, your customized list of available updated packages is dis- played as shown in Figure 4-6. Figure 4-6. List of Available Updates By default, no packages are selected for download. If you highlight each package, a brief package description is displayed in the Package Information section at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 38 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-7. View Advisory After choosing which packages to update, the Red Hat Update Agent tests for RPM depen- dencies and prompts you if you have chosen to omit packages that are required for software updates that you did choose.

  • Page 39: Installing Updated Packages

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-9. Retrieval Finished 4.4. Installing Updated Packages After downloading the packages through the Red Hat Update Agent, they must be installed. If you chose not to have the packages installed automatically, skip to Section 4.7 for further instructions.

  • Page 40: Update Agent Finished

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-10. Installation Finished 4.5. Update Agent Finished When the Red Hat Update Agent has finished downloading the desired packages (and in- stalling them if you chose the install option), you will see the screen in Figure 4-11. Click Finish to exit the Red Hat Update Agent.

  • Page 41: Command Line Version Of Red Hat Update Agent

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 4-11. Update Agent Finished 4.6. Command Line Version of Red Hat Update Agent If you are not running X, you can still run the Red Hat Update Agent from a virtual console or remote terminal. If you are running X but want to use the command line version, you can force it not to display the graphical interface with the following command: up2date --nox The command line version of the Red Hat Update Agent allows you to perform advanced...
  • Page 42 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent Argument Description -d, --download Download packages only, do not install them. This argument will override the configuraton option Do not install packages after retrieval. Use this option if you prefer to install the packages manually. -f, --force Force package installation.

  • Page 43: Installing The Red Hat Gpg Key

    1. Cut and paste the following into a file and save it as or download it from redhat2.asc http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/. Type bits/keyID Date User ID 1024D/DB42A60E 1999-09-23 Red Hat Software, Inc. (security@redhat.com) 2048g/961630A2 1999-09-23 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGiBDfqVDgRBADBKr3Bl6PO8BQ0H8sJoD6p9U7Yyl7pjtZqioviPwXP+DCWd4u8 HQzcxAZ57m8ssA1LK1Fx93coJhDzM130+p5BG9mYSWShLabR3N1KXdXQYYcowTOM...

  • Page 44: Manual Package Installation

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent XCLPA/9P/vtImA8CZN3jxGgtK5GGtDNJ/cMhhuv5tnfwFg4b/VGo2Jr8mhLUqoIb E6zeGAmZbUpdckDco8D5fiFmqTf5+++pCEpJLJkkzel/32N2w4qzPrcRMCiBURES PjCLd4Y5rPoU8E4kOHc/4BuHN903tiCsCPloCrWsQZ7UdxfQ5LQiUmVkIEhhdCwg SW5jIDxzZWN1cml0eUByZWRoYXQuY29tPohVBBMRAgAVBQI36lQ4AwsKAwMVAwID FgIBAheAAAoJECGRgM3bQqYOsBQAnRVtg7B25Hm11PHcpa8FpeddKiq2AJ9aO8sB XmLDmPOEFI75mpTrKYHF6rkCDQQ36lRyEAgAokgI2xJ+3bZsk8jRA8ORIX8DH05U lMH27qFYzLbT6npXwXYIOtVn0K2/iMDj+oEB1Aa2au4OnddYaLWp06v3d+XyS0t+ 5ab2ZfIQzdh7wCwxqRkzR+/H5TLYbMG+hvtTdylfqIX0WEfoOXMtWEGSVwyUsnM3 Jy3LOi48rQQSCKtCAUdV20FoIGWhwnb/gHU1BnmES6UdQujFBE6EANqPhp0coYoI hHJ2oIO8ujQItvvNaU88j/s/izQv5e7MXOgVSjKe/WX3s2JtB/tW7utpy12wh1J+ JsFdbLV/t8CozUTpJgx5mVA3RKlxjTA+On+1IEUWioB+iVfT7Ov/0kcAzwADBQf9 E4SKCWRand8K0XloMYgmipxMhJNnWDMLkokvbMNTUoNpSfRoQJ9EheXDxwMpTPwK ti/PYrrL2J11P2ed0x7zm8v3gLrY0cue1iSba+8glY+p31ZPOr5ogaJw7ZARgoS8 BwjyRymXQp+8Dete0TELKOL2/itDOPGHW07SsVWOR6cmX4VlRRcWB5KejaNvdrE5 4XFtOd04NMgWI63uqZc4zkRa+kwEZtmbz3tHSdRCCE+Y7YVP6IUf/w6YPQFQriWY FiA6fD10eB+BlIUqIw80VgjsBKmCwvKkn4jg8kibXgj4/TzQSx77uYokw1EqQ2wk OZoaEtcubsNMquuLCMWijYhGBBgRAgAGBQI36lRyAAoJECGRgM3bQqYOhyYAnj7h VDY/FJAGqmtZpwVp9IlitW5tAJ4xQApr/jNFZCTksnI+4O1765F7tA== =3AHZ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 2. At the shell prompt, import the key with the following command: gpg --import redhat2.asc The resulting message tells you that the key was processed.

  • Page 45: Log File

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent After running this command, your RHN System Profile will reflect the latest software ver- sions installed on your system. 4.9. Log File The Red Hat Update Agent keeps a log of all the actions that it peforms on your system in the file .
  • Page 46 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent...

  • Page 47: Red Hat Network Workgroup

    In a Web browser, go to http://rhn.redhat.com. The page shown in Figure 5-1 will be dis- played. If you have not registered a system yet or do not have a redhat.com account, create a new account by clicking Create Account under the Your RHN category on the left navigation bar.

  • Page 48: Introduction To The Web Interface

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Figure 5-1. Logging into Red Hat Network 5.2. Introduction to the Web Interface The left navigation bar is divided into categories and pages within the categories. A user with entitled systems has permission to use the following categories and pages. Each will be explained in more detail throughout this manual.
  • Page 49 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Buy Now — Purchase RHN entitements or let the Sales Advisor recommend which • RHN services are best for you. The New RHN — Explains the differences between the previous Workgroup interface • and the current interface. Systems —...

  • Page 50: Errata Alerts

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Security and Privacy — Detailed information about how Red Hat protects the information • about your systems and the personal information that you provide. System Set Manager — List of currently selected systems on which you want to perform •...
  • Page 51 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Figure 5-2. Your Red Hat Network The first line of the Alerts section shows how many systems need attention and provides a link to quickly view those systems. Refer to Section 5.4.1 for information on using this page. The Statistics section provides the following information: Total Systems —...

  • Page 52: Your Account

    If you want to change your Red Hat Network password (the one used to log into RHN and redhat.com) click the Details tab on the Your Account page and replace the asterisks in the Password and Password Confirmation text fields with your new password. You will not see your password as you type it for security reasons.

  • Page 53: Organization Information

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup 5.3.2.1. Service Entitlements The Service Entitlements tab allows you to view and change the entitlements for your reg- istered systems. To change the entitlement for a system, select the entitlement from the pull- down menu and click Update Entitlements. 5.3.2.2.
  • Page 54 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup the System Set Details Component interface to perform actions on multiple systems. Refer to Section 5.10 for details. After selecting systems, click Update Selection List. Alerts — Shows which type of Errata Alerts are applicable to the system: •...

  • Page 55: System Group List

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Figure 5-3. Systems List If you click on the Detailed View link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, you can view more details about the systems as shown in Figure 5-4. Click the UPDATE NOW link to apply all Errata Updates.

  • Page 56: System Search

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup 5.4.2. System Group List Refer to Section 5.9.1 for details. 5.4.3. System Search The results of the last search performed can be found on the bottom of the page. You can create a new result set, choose to create a union with the previous result set, or intersect with the previous result set.

  • Page 57: Channels And Packages

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup if an Errata Alert is associated with the newer package. To add one or more packages to your selection list, select the package(s) and click Update Selection List. To install one or more packages on the system you are currently viewing, select the package(s) and click the Install Selected Packages on This System button.

  • Page 58: Channel Details

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup 5.5.3. Channel Details If you click on the name of a channel, the Channel Details page will appear. This page contains the following tabs: Details — General information about the channel and the parent channel if it is a child •...

  • Page 59: Channel Subscribe And Unsubscribe

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Target Systems — List of entitled systems that are eligible to be subscribed to the channel. • 5.5.4. Channel Subscribe and Unsubscribe Each RHN client system must be subscribed to a base channel and can only be subscribed to one base channel.

  • Page 60: Package Download

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup To upgrade outdated packages on a single entitled system, follow these steps: 1. Select System => System List from the left navigation bar. 2. Click on an entitled system from the list. 3. Click the Upgrade Packages tab. 4.

  • Page 61: Errata

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup 5. Click the Download Selected Packages button. 6. Confirm the action. After choosing to download the package(s) using one of these methods, you will be pre- sented with a confirmation page as shown in Figure 5-5. If you selected a package that is available for more than one architecture, you need to select an architecture for the package.

  • Page 62: All Errata

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup If you want to receive an email when Errata Alerts are issued for your system, go to Systems => System Preferences and select Receive Notifications of Updates. 5.6.1. All Errata The All Errata page displays a list of all Errata Alerts released for your registered systems. If you click on the synopsis of an Errata Alert, the Errata Details page for the Errata Alert will appear.

  • Page 63: Errata Details

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Errata Updates on the system. To view a list of the Errata, click the Errata tab on the System Details page for the system. 2. To apply a specific Errata Update to one or more systems, click on Errata on the left navigation bar and use the All Errata, Applicable Errata, or Errata Search page to find the Errata Update that you want to apply.
  • Page 64 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Pending Actions are actions that have not started or are in progress. • Completed Actions are actions that have been completed. • Archived Actions are actions that you have selected to archive. • In each tabbed page, each row in the list represents a single scheduled event or action that might affect multiple systems and involve multiple packages.

  • Page 65: Users

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup 2. Errata Updates — For more information on how to apply Errata Updates, refer to Sec- tion 5.6.4. 3. Hardware Profile Updates — To schedule a hardware profile refresh, go to the Sys- tem List page under the Systems category, click on the Package Profile tab, and click Schedule Hardware List Refresh.

  • Page 66: System Groups

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Addresses — General address, billing address, and shipping address for the user. To • change any of these addresses, modify the appropriate information and click the Update button under the address information. Preferences — Email alerts preference and default page size for the user. •...

  • Page 67: System Group Creation

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Systems — Number of systems in the group. Clicking on the number displays a list of • systems in the system group. Work With It — Access to System Set Manager. Refer to Section 5.10 for details. •...

  • Page 68: System Set Manager

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup 5.9.4. System Group Details Each System Group Details page contains four tabbed pages: 1. Details — Details about the system group. From this tabbed page, you can change the group name, group description, and which user groups can administer the system group.
  • Page 69 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup Click Work With Group in the System Group List to work with a predefined system • group The System Set Manager page contains a set of tabbed pages: System List — List of systems in the system set to work with •...
  • Page 70 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Workgroup...

  • Page 71: Red Hat Network Daemon

    Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Daemon The Red Hat Network Daemon periodically connects to the Red Hat Network to check for updates and notifications. The default interval time is two hours (120 minutes). This can be configured in the file by specifying the time interval in min- /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd utes.
  • Page 72 Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Daemon...

  • Page 73: Using Red Hat Network With Red Hat Linux 6.2

    5. After they are installed, run the Red Hat Network Registration Client ( rhn_register to register your system. See Chapter 2 for details. 6. Login to your account at http://rhn.redhat.com to configure your preferences and to configure which systems you want to entitle.
  • Page 74 Chapter 7. Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6.2...

  • Page 75: Glossary

    An Errata Alert that pertains to a bug fix. Bugzilla Bugzilla is an online application (http://www.redhat.com/bugzilla) that allows users to communicate directly with the developers. From Bugzilla, users can submit bug re- ports and feature requests for Red Hat Linux and related open source packages.
  • Page 76 Red Hat 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 Errata Alert is based on the Red Hat Linux Errata List.
  • Page 77 Glossary 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 engi- neering 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.
  • Page 78 Glossary Red Hat Network Registration Client The RHN client application ( ) that collects information about the client rhn_register system, creates a System Profile and Digital Certificate , establishes a connection with the Red Hat Network servers, and registers the system with Red Hat Network. Red Hat Update Agent The RHN client application ( ) that allows users to retreive and install all up-...
  • Page 79 Glossary Software Manager The name of the first Service Level offering for Red Hat Network. Software Manager is now known as RHN Basic . System Directory The System Directory section of Red Hat Network allows an organization to divide its client systems into system groups.
  • Page 80 Glossary...

  • Page 81: Index

    Index viewing list of applicable errata, 62 base channel, 57 getting started, 14 Basic, 12 GNU Privacy Guard, 13 change corporate account password, 53 hardware profile changing email address, 65 Updating on server, 57 changing password, 65 Channel List, 57 channels, 57 base, 57 child, 57...
  • Page 82 Updating hardware profile, 57 Updating package list, 44, 56 Quality Assurance, 13 System Set Manager, 68 systems deleting, 56 entitling, 52 searching, 56 Red Hat Linux 6.2 System Details, 56 Using Red Hat Network with, 73 System List, 53 Red Hat Network Daemon, 11, 71 System Search, 56 Disable, 71 viewing a list of, 53...
  • Page 83 System Groups, 66 Your RHN, 50 System List, 53 System Search, 56 Systems, 53 The New RHN, 53 Your RHN, 50 User Approval, 65 Entitlements, 52 Users, 65 The New RHN, 53 Your Account, 52 Your Account, 52...

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