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rhn_check - check for queued actions on RHN and execute them
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/rhn_check [-v] [--verbose]
DESCRIPTION
rhn_check is a client program that connects to the Red Hat Network backend servers and retrieves information associated with the queued
actions for this particular system. This script reads the digital server ID from /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid and uses that to identify the
machine to the Red Hat Network. Upon successfull authentication, rhn_check will start processing the queued actions sequentially.
ACTION TYPES
The following types of actions are currently processed by rhn_check:
action type description
() ()
refresh This action will refresh the hardware or software profiles of this
machine with Red Hat Network. This fucntion is called as
refresh(hardware) or refresh(rpmlist)
new_systemid This action is used by the RHn Backend to update the Digital
system ID of this machine with a new one.
update_packages This action will trigger rhn_check into running a package
update for a list of packages queued from the Red Hat Network.
rhn_check will use modules from the up2date client to download
the packages, solve dependencies and install the on the system.
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.
/var/spool/up2date This directory is used by up2date to store package headers and RPM packages downloaded from Red Hat Network
SEE ALSO
man pages for up2date(8) and rhnsd(8).
AUTHORS
Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>
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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.
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