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up2date

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)