rhn_check

RHN_CHECK(8)                    Red Hat Network                   RHN_CHECK(8)



NAME
       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

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       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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