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3.4.1 Providing Data to Access an SMT
By default updates for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop are delivered by the Novell
Customer Center. If your network provides a so called SMT server to provide a local
update source, you need to equip the client with the server's URL. Client and server
communicate solely via HTTPS protocol, therefore you also need to enter a path to the
server's certificate if the certificate was not issued by a certificate authority. This infor-
mation can either be entered at the boot prompt as described here, or during the regis-
tration process as described in
smturl
URL of the SMT server. The URL has a fixed format
https://FQN/center/regsvc/ FQN has to be full qualified hostname of
the SMT server. Example:
smturl=https://smt.example.com/center/regsvc/
smtcert
Location of the SMT server's certificate. Specify one of the following locations:
URL
Floppy
local path
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Remote location (http, https or ftp) from which the certificate can be download-
ed. Example:
smtcert=http://smt.example.com/smt-ca.crt
Specifies a location on a floppy. The floppy has to be inserted at boot time,
you will not be prompted to insert it if it is missing. The value has to start with
the string floppy followed by the path to the certificate. Example:
smtcert=floppy/smt/smt-ca.crt
Absolute path to the certificate on the local machine. Example:
smtcert=/data/inst/smt/smt-ca.cert
Use ask to open a pop-up menu during the installation where you can specify
the path to the certificate. Do not use this option with AutoYaST. Example
Section "Local Registration Server" (page 43).