08-06-2013
you need to have the satellite package from red hat with an active certificate to be able to use the spacewalk server to update your software (red hat) products ...
otherwise, find out what repo server spacewalk is looking at and try to add it to the repo list of your other servers ...
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spacewalk-channel
SPACEWALK-CHANNEL(8) Red Hat, Inc. SPACEWALK-CHANNEL(8)
NAME
spacewalk-channel - Subscribe to or unsubscribe system from channel.
SYNOPSIS
spacewalk-channel [options]
DESCRIPTION
spacewalk-channel allows you to subscribe to and unsubscribe from specified channels via the command line. A visit to the Red Hat Network
(or Spacewalk) website isn't required.
OPTIONS
-l, --list
Print a list of channel(s) that you are currently subscribed to.
-L, --available-channels
Print a list of all available child channels.
-a, --add
You are subscribing system to given channel(s). You have to specify --user and --password.
-r, --remove
You are unsubscribing system to given channel(s). You have to specify --user and --password.
-u, --user
Your username used to register the system with and for Red Hat Network, RHN Satellite or Spacewalk. If you do not enter this option
and it is required, you will be prompted.
-p, --password
The password associated with the username specified with the --user option. This is an unencrypted password. If you do not enter
this option and it is required, you will be prompted.
-c, --channel
Label of channel you want to subscribe to or unsubscribe from. Can be specified multiple times.
-v, --verbose
Print out successfull action.
-h, --help
Show a help message and exit.
NOTE
The addition and removal of channels is mutually exclusive, please use the command twice.
EXAMPLES
Subscribe to two channels:
spacewalk-channel --add -c rhn-tools-rhel-i386-server-5 -c rhel-i386-server-vt-5 --user username --password password
Unsubscribe from channel:
spacewalk-channel --remove -c rhn-tools-rhel-i386-server-5 -c rhel-i386-server-vt-5 --user username --password password
List subscribed channels:
spacewalk-channel --list
SEE ALSO
rhnplugin(8), rhn_register(8), up2date(5).
AUTHORS
Miroslav Suchy <msuchy@redhat.com>
BUGS
Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009-2010 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.
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