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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat RHEL New UP2DATE Method Post 302098309 by BG_JrAdmin on Saturday 2nd of December 2006 12:49:37 AM
Old 12-02-2006
RHEL New UP2DATE Method

Does anyone else think RHEL's way of getting software updates to their customers (via the up2date utility) is not a friendly process?

UP2DATE is fine to use, but it either has to be connected to the internet to get updates, or a "satellite server" has to be setup ( which ocsts more money).
And if the systems are not accessible from the internet at all, how are you supposed to update stuff easily & efficiently?


Anyone else ever have to patch systems that were not internet accessible?

What are your feelings on this subject?
 

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UP2DATE(5)							   Red Hat, Inc.							UP2DATE(5)

NAME
up2date - Configuration file for Spacewalk client programs. DESCRIPTION
Spacewalk client programs, such as rhn_check(8), use a common configuration file at /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date. OPTIONS
enableProxy Use a HTTP Proxy. Can be either 0 (False) or 1 (True). serverURL Remote server URL debug Whether or not debugging is enabled. Can be either 0 (False) or 1 (True). systemIdPath Location of system id file. Expects the path of a file on disk. versionOverride Override the automatically determined system version. Expects a string or blank (do not override the version). httpProxy HTTP proxy in host:port format, e.g. squid.redhat.com:3128 proxyUser The username for an authenticated proxy. proxyPassword The password to use for an authenticated proxy. enableProxyAuth To use an authenticated proxy or not. Can be either 0 (False) or 1 (True). networkRetries Number of attempts to make at network connections before giving up. Expects a positive integer. sslCACert The CA cert used to verify the ssl server. Expects the path of a file on disk. noReboot Disable the reboot action. Can be either 0 (False) or 1 (True). disallowConfChanges Config options that can not be overwritten by a config update action. Expects a semi-colon separated list of config option names. hostedWhitelist Override the default list of URLs the RHN Register client treats as official RHN hosted servers. This only affects the RHN Register graphical- and text-based clients, as it changes some of the options that appear. This option is included for testing purposes only. retrieveOnly If set to 1 (True), package installs done through rhn_check will only download the package, the package will not be installed. FILES
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date The location of this configuration file SEE ALSO
rhn_check(8), rhn_register(8), rhnreg_ks(8), rhnsd(8), rhn-profile-sync(8), rhnplugin(8), rhnplugin.conf(5). AUTHORS
See the AUTHORS file included with this software. This manual page was written by James Bowes <jbowes@redhat.com> BUGS
Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Red Hat, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. Linux 2010 August 30 UP2DATE(5)
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