rhn_register - a program for registering with the Red Hat
Network
SYNOPSIS
rhn_register [OPTION]... [PACKAGE NAME]...
DESCRIPTION
rhn_register provides an interactive utility for register
ing a srever with the Red Hat Network.
When you run rhn_register, you will be prompted for the
computer's root password if you are not running as root.
This is because rhn_register needs read access to the RPM
database. It also needs read/write access to the up2date
systemid file in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid , and it's
configuration in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date and
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn_register
rhn_register will start up a interactive utility for reg
istering with the Red Hat Network. If you are using X, it
will start up a client with a graphical user interface. If
you are using the console, a text mode client will be
started.
The first step is to provide the Red Hat Network with
information for the creation of your new account, or
information about your existing Red Hat Network or Red Hat
website registration.
Please be sure to read the welcome messages, and the pri
vacy statement that are presented.
rhn_register will also attempt to gather some basic infor
mation about the hardware, and software installed in the
machine being registered. Please note that all of this
information is optional, but without it, the functionality
of Red Hat Network will be reduced.
rhn_register use a http based protocol for communication
with Red Hat Network, so if you are behind web proxy, you
may need to configure the proxy support before you can
proceed.
To configure rhn_register, you can run it with the --con
figure option, or you can edit the configuration file
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn_register directly. A number of the
command line arguments described below can also be used at
runtime to override configuration options. There is also a
text mode based configuration if invoked with with the
--nox --configure option.
Configure rhn_register options. This will allow
you to adjust things such as http proxy settings.
--nox do not even attempt to use the gui component. Run
the text mode version instead.
-h, --help
display help on command line arguments and exit
--verbose
output more information about what up2date is doing
-v, --version
output version information and exit
RETURN CODES
Update Agent returns 0 on success, 1 on error.
FILES
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
Configuration settings for Update Agent.
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
Unique system identification certificate for Red
Hat Network.
EXAMPLES
The following example starts up the interactive gui
client.
up2date
The following example shows up2date being used in non-
interactive batch mode.
up2date -u
This example shows up2date being used to discover which
packages solve a set of deps manually on a Red Hat Linux
7.0 machine.
up2date --whatprovides "/bin/bash,gimp,libhistory.so.4.1"
bash-2.04-11
readline-4.1-5
gimp-1.1.25-1
This example shows how to start up the text based config
tool.
up2date --nox --configure
This example shows how to use up2date to install a package
with many deps that isnt currently installed.
SEE ALSO
Configuration is performed through up2date-config. The
Update Agent is tightly coupled with Red Hat Network.
Visit <http://www.redhat.com/network> for access or to
sign up. You can also run rhn_register to register a sys
tem with Red Hat Network.
AUTHORS
Written by Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com> and
Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1999, 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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