Red Hat NETWORK BASIC - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 4.0 User Reference Manual

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Introduction..........................................................................................................................................i 1. Document Conventions..........................................................................................................i 2. More to Come ...................................................................................................................... iv 2.1. Send in Your Feedback ......................................................................................... iv 1. What is Red Hat Network?............................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Demo.................................................................................................................................. 2 1.2. Basic................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3. Enterprise........................................................................................................................... 2 1.4. Automatic Notifications and Scheduled Package Installations.......................................... 3 1.5. Security, Quality Assurance, and Red Hat Network.......................................................... 3 1.6. Before You Begin............................................................................................................... 4 2. Red Hat Update Agent.................................................................................................................... 7 2.1. Starting the Red Hat Update Agent................................................................................. 7 2.2. Registration........................................................................................................................ 9 2.2.1. Registering a User Account .............................................................................. 11 2.2.2. Registering a System Profile............................................................................. 13 2.3. Setup and Use .................................................................................................................. 18 2.3.1. Choosing a Channel.......................................................................................... 18 2.3.2. Choosing Packages to Update........................................................................... 19 2.3.3. Installing Updated Packages............................................................................. 23 2.3.4. Update Agent Finished ..................................................................................... 24 2.3.5. Command Line Version .................................................................................... 25 2.4. Configuration ................................................................................................................... 29 2.4.1. Using the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool.................................. 29 2.4.2. Command Line Version .................................................................................... 32 3. Red Hat Network Notification Tool............................................................................................. 35 3.1. Configuring the Applet .................................................................................................... 35 3.2. Notification Icons............................................................................................................. 36 3.3. Viewing Updates.............................................................................................................. 37 3.4. Applying Updates ............................................................................................................ 37 4. Red Hat Network Website............................................................................................................ 39 4.1. Logging into the RHN Website........................................................................................ 39 4.2. Introduction to the Web Interface .................................................................................... 39 4.2.1. Errata Alert Icons.............................................................................................. 40 4.2.2. Quick Search..................................................................................................... 40 4.2.3. List Navigation.................................................................................................. 41 4.3. Your RHN ........................................................................................................................ 41 4.3.1. Your Account .................................................................................................... 43 4.3.2. Your Preferences............................................................................................... 43 4.3.3. Buy Now ........................................................................................................... 43 4.3.4. Purchase History............................................................................................... 43 4.3.5. Help................................................................................................................... 43 4.4. Systems ............................................................................................................................ 44 4.4.1. Systems ............................................................................................................. 45 4.4.2. System Entitlements ......................................................................................... 48 4.5. Errata................................................................................................................................ 48 4.5.1. Relevant Errata.................................................................................................. 49 4.5.2. All Errata........................................................................................................... 49 4.5.3. Advanced Search............................................................................................... 50 4.6. Software........................................................................................................................... 50 4.6.1. Channels............................................................................................................ 50 4.6.2. Channel Entitlements........................................................................................ 53

4.6.4. Advanced Search............................................................................................... 53 4.6.5. Packages............................................................................................................ 53 4.7. Schedule........................................................................................................................... 54 4.7.1. Pending Actions................................................................................................ 55 4.7.2. Failed Actions................................................................................................... 55 4.7.3. Completed Actions............................................................................................ 55 4.7.4. Archived Actions .............................................................................................. 56 4.7.5. Actions List....................................................................................................... 56 5. Red Hat Network Daemon........................................................................................................... 57 6. Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6.2 ...................................................................... 59 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client......................................................................................... 61 7.1. Configuring the Red Hat Network Registration Client................................................ 61 7.2. Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client ...................................................... 62 7.3. Registering a User Account ............................................................................................. 65 7.4. Registering a System Profile............................................................................................ 67 7.4.1. Hardware System Profile .................................................................................. 67 7.4.2. Software System Profile.................................................................................... 68 7.5. Finishing Registration...................................................................................................... 70 7.6. Entitling Your System...................................................................................................... 72 7.7. Text Mode RHN Registration Client ............................................................................... 72 Glossary ............................................................................................................................................. 75 Index................................................................................................................................................... 81

The Red Hat Network Basic User Reference Guide will guide you through registering your system for Red Hat Network and using its many features. Depending on which version of Red Hat Linux you have installed, the Red Hat Network Registration Client and the Red Hat Update Agent might be different than the ones described in this manual as new features are added. Once you use Red Hat Network to update these applications, you can use the latest version of this manual. All versions of this manual are available in HTML and PDF formats at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/. This version of the manual covers version 3.0.7 of the Red Hat Update Agent and version 2.7.21- 7.x.3 of the Red Hat Network Registration Client. Warning Systems running Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.3 and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server will need to use the separate Red Hat Network Registration Client before starting the Red Hat Update Agent. Refer to Chapter 7 for instructions. Systems running Red Hat Linux 8.0 can go directly to the Red Hat Update Agent, which has registration functionality built in for the latest release. Refer to Chapter 2 for instructions. For a technical overview of Red Hat Network, please refer to the whitepapers available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/wp/. For an interactive demo of RHN, go to http://rhn.redhat.com/demo/rhn_demo.html. It requires the Macromedia Flash player. 1. Document Conventions When you read this manual, you will see that certain words are represented in different fonts, type- faces, sizes, and weights. This highlighting is systematic; different words are represented in the same style to indicate their inclusion in a specific category. The types of words that are represented this way include the following: command Linux commands (and other operating system commands, when used) are represented this way. This style should indicate to you that you can type the word or phrase on the command line and press [Enter] to invoke a command. Sometimes a command contains words that would be displayed in a different style on their own (such as filenames). In these cases, they are considered to be part of the command, so the entire phrase will be displayed as a command. For example: Use the cat testfile command to view the contents of a file, named testfile, in the current working directory. filename Filenames, directory names, paths, and RPM package names are represented this way. This style should indicate that a particular file or directory exists by that name on your Red Hat Linux system. Examples: The .bashrc file in your home directory contains bash shell definitions and aliases for your own use. The /etc/fstab file contains information about different system devices and filesystems.