rhnsd

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NAME
       rhnsd  -  a  program  for  quering  the Red Hat Network for updates and
       information

SYNOPSIS
       rhnsd [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       rhnsd is a daemon process that runs in the background and  periodically
       polls the Red Hat Network to see if there are any queued actions avail-
       able. If any are queued, it runs them.

       rhnsd is typically started from the init scripts  in  /etc/init.d/rhnsd
       when  it's  time  to  poll  the  Red  Hat Network servers for available
       updates and actions. The default interval is every  120  minutes.   The
       minimum polling interval is 60 minutes.

       To  check for updates, rhnsd runs an external program called rhn_check.
       This is a small application that actually makes the network  connection
       to Red Hat Networks.

       The rhnsd daemon does not listen on any network ports, nor does it ever
       talk to the network directly. Any network  activity  is  done  via  the
       rhn_check utility.

       rhnsd  can  be configure by editing the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd config
       file. This is actually the configuration file  the  rhnsd  init  script
       /etc/init.d/rhnsd uses.

       -i, --interval
              Specify the interval that rhnsd should wait between checking the
              Red Hat Network. Default is 120 minutes, the minimum is 60  min-
              utes. This can also be specified in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd

       -v, --verbose
              output more information about what rhnsd is doing.

       -f, --foreground
              force  the  rhnds  process  to  run in the foreground instead of
              automatically backgrounding itself, as it does by default.



       FILES

       /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd
              Configuration settings for the rhnsd daemons init script.
       /usr/sbin/rhn_check
              The  external program launched by rhnsd to connect to the
              Red Hat Network and retrieve any actions that have queued
              up.
       /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
              A  certification that authenticates the client machine to
              the Red Hat Network. Generated via the  up2date  or  rhn-
              reg_ks utility.

SEE ALSO
       The rhnsd daemon is tightly coupled with Red Hat Network.  Visit
       <http://www.redhat.com/network> for access or to sign up.

       rhn_check(8), up2date(8), up2date-config(8),

AUTHORS
       Written by Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com> and
       Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 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 PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



4th Berkeley Distribution       Fri Feb 9 2001                      UP2DATE(8)