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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