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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers New to UNIX, what now? Post 302753383 by Corona688 on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 01:26:50 PM
Old 01-08-2013
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Originally Posted by vich
Purists.
It's not purism. I used to agree with you. I used Mandrake Linux with pure GUI for years -- but I learned nothing from it, and when it broke down I was helpless.

Most of what you're learning when you "learn shell" isn't shell at all. You're learning the shape of UNIX itself -- where files go, how files work, how paths work, how programs live and die and communicate, how to kill them, where devices are, how to use them, where partitions are, how they work, and how everything is connected together.

Besides, some important configuration files are scripts.

The GUI is not the system. UNIX isn't centralized like Windows is. If you don't spend at least a little time learning the fundamentals, it's going to haunt you.

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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 Red Hat Network (or a Red Hat Network Satellite) and receives queued actions for this par- ticular system. After receiving the actions, rhn_check will then process them, and return the results to Red Hat Network. 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 Red Hat Network. 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)
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