rhn_check  -  check  for queued actions on RHN and execute
       them


SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/rhn_check [-v] [--verbose]


DESCRIPTION

       rhn_check is a client program that connects to the Red Hat
       Network  backend servers and retrieves information associ­
       ated with the queued actions for this  particular  system.
       This  script reads the digital server ID from /etc/syscon­
       fig/rhn/systemid and uses that to identify the machine  to
       the  Red  Hat  Network.  Upon  successfull authentication,
       rhn_check will start processing the queued actions sequen­
       tially.


ACTION TYPES

       The  following types of actions are currently processed by
       rhn_check:

       action type       description

       refresh           This action will refresh the hardware or software profiles of this
                         machine with Red Hat Network. This fucntion is called as
                         refresh(hardware) or refresh(rpmlist)
       new_systemid      This action is used by the RHn Backend to update the Digital
                         system ID of this machine with a new one.
       update_packages   This action will trigger rhn_check into running a package
                         update for a list of packages queued from the Red Hat Network.
                         rhn_check will use modules from the up2date client to download
                         the packages, solve dependencies and install the on the system.


FILES

       /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid The digital server ID for thsi
       machine  if  the  system  has been registered onto Red Hat
       Network.  This file does not exist otherwise.

       /var/spool/up2date This directory is used  by  up2date  to
       store package headers and RPM packages downloaded from Red
       Hat Network


SEE ALSO

       man pages for up2date(8) and rhnsd(8).


AUTHORS

              Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
              Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>


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