07-06-2009
RHN uses up2date for 4.x and lower. It uses yum for 5.x and higher. It is not an "easy" tool to use, and I wonder why you would not want to consider ZLM as an option, as RHN will cost you significantly more money. RHN Satellite is NOT free.
Also, SMT is not an update tool. It is a portal. The issue is that Novell Zenworks Linux Management is a true tool to manage your updates. If you just want a portal to go to and do it relatively manually, then SMT or RHN would work.
If you want to go to a central place and manage the updates for all your machines, ZLM or RHN SATELLITE would be the option, however ZLM will work for both, at a nominal cost, and RHN Satellite is expensive.
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rhn_check
RHN_CHECK(8) Red Hat, Inc. RHN_CHECK(8)
NAME
rhn_check - Check for and execute queued actions on RHN.
SYNOPSIS
rhn_check [options]
DESCRIPTION
rhn_check is a client program that connects to "Spacewalk Server", "Red Hat Satellite" or "Red Hat Network Classic" and receives queued
actions for this particular system. After receiving the actions, rhn_check will then process them, and return the results to Spacewalk.
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Increase the debugging output.
--proxy=PROXY
Specify an http proxy to use.
--proxyUser=PROXYUSER
Specify a username to use for an authenticated proxy. This option must be used in conjunction with proxyPassword.
--proxyPassword=PROXYPASSWORD
Specify a password to use for an authenticated proxy. This option must be used in conjunction with proxyUser.
--version
Show the program's version number and exit.
-h, --help
Show a help message and exit.
FILES
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
The digital server ID for this machine if the system has been registered onto "Spacewalk Server", "Red Hat Satellite" or "Red Hat
Network Classic". This file does not exist otherwise.
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
The common configuration file used by RHN client programs.
SEE ALSO
rhn_register(8), rhnreg_ks(8), rhnsd(8), rhn-profile-sync(8), rhnplugin(8), up2date(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 RHN_CHECK(8)