I suppose I could use lsb_release -a as a check...but what would be the one line command to check if Red Hat to run an instruction and if not Red Hat and it's Ubuntu to run a different instruction? That's the part I'm having trouble with now. Here is the code I've tried using the python bit I found:
Thank you.
Last edited by greavette; 10-28-2019 at 10:27 AM..
i would like to make a shell script (red hat 9 cmd line only)
to telnet to my local isp's webmail server on port 25 and send it commands
such as helo :) help would be much appreciated, and i found no posts similar that answered my question... the closest i've gotten to an answer from about 8... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I wanted to simple command to encrypt a file. Using google I got a command "crypt". I could test it very well on Sun solaris. My red hat system says "command not found".Can you please tell me if I can find that package on the cd!!! (2 Replies)
Hi
I need to fetch a file using wget command.
In read Hat I have the file I need without any problem while in Ubuntu ( installed on a virtual image ) it doesn't work.
More precisely my wget need to fetch a page from a web site with secure authentication so teh syntax I am using is
wget... (7 Replies)
Gurus,
I want log in locally to my Lucid (10.04) workstation and have my code saved over the network on my samba account
At work, all developers have samba user ids and when we were running Red Hat, we went thru the following procedure to get setup.
* open a shell session to NFS server... (2 Replies)
I'm reading about debugging aids in bash and have come across the set command. It says in my little book that an addition to typing
set
you can also use them "on the command line when running a script..." and it lists this in a small table:
set -o option Command Line... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have a unix script, and I have problem, where I work out the variable I need. But it will not excute the variable from the script ?
See my script below for details :
#!/bin/sh
ENVGRP=`hostname |cut -c1-3 | tr '' ''`
ENVINST=${ENVGRP}`hostname -i |cut -d\. -f 4`
echo... (4 Replies)
Have problem to send email from command line according to the posts like this one:
To have the ability to send email from the command line, you will need to install the mailutils and postfix packages with the following commands.
apt-get install mailutils
apt-get install postfix
Now... (1 Reply)
Are basic scripts in awk or bash or perl or other shell scripting languages the same in RHEL red hat as ubuntu? (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
rhnreg_ks
RHNREG_KS(8) Red Hat Linux System Manual RHNREG_KS(8)NAME
rhnreg_ks - a program for non interactively registering systems to Red Hat Network
SYNOPSIS
rhnreg_ks [OPTION]... [PACKAGE NAME]...
DESCRIPTION
rhnreg_ks is a utility for registering a system with the Red Hat Network. It is designed to be used in a non-interactive enviroment (a
kickstart style install, for example). All the information can be specified on the commandline or stdin.
--profilename
Specify the profilename that should be used as an identifier for the system in Red Hat Network
--username
The username to register the system with under Red Hat Network. This can be an existing Red Hat Network username, or a new username.
--password
The password associated with the username specified with the --username option. This is an unencrypted password.
--orgid
Specify an organizational id of the org to register this system under. This is optional, and only used if registered a system to an
existing Red Hat Network organization.
--orgpassword
The password assocated with the orgig specified with the --orgid option. This is an unencrypted password.
--email
The email address associated with the username specified iwth the --username option.
--serialnumber
Specify a servial number to associate with the system. This is optional, and only useful when combined with an orgid.
--contactinfo
Read contact info from standard in. The format is one entry per line, colon seperated. Valid options are reg_num, title, first_name,
last_name, company, position, address1, address2, city, state, zip, country, phone, fax, contact_email, contact_mail, contact_phone,
contact_fax, contact_special, contact_newsletter.
--nohardware
Do not probe or upload any hardware information.
--nopackages
Do not profile or upload any package information.
--force
Register the system even if it has already been registered.
--version
Show the version fo rhnreg_ks
--proxy
Specify a http proxy to use.
FILES
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
Configuration settings for up2date and rhnreg_ks
/usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT
The ssl certificate authority file used by rhnreg_ks to validate the Red Hat Network ssl servers.
EXAMPLES
The following registers a new system to Red Hat Network.
rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser@example.com" --password "foobar"
The following examples registers a new system to Red Hat Network including contact info.
rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser@example.com" --password "foobar" --contactinfo < contactinfo
where the file "contactinfo" contains data in the format:
first_name: Billy
last_name: Bob
company: SomeCompanyName
city: Springfield
fax: 555-5555
phone: 555-5555
SEE ALSO
Configuration can be done via up2date --configure. rhnreg_ks is used to register a system to Red Hat Network. Visit <http://rhn.red-
hat.com> for access or to sign up. You can also run up2date to register a system with Red Hat Network.
Authors
Written by Adrian Likins <alikins@redhat.com>
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2002 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.
4th Berkeley Distribution Wed 10 April 2002 RHNREG_KS(8)