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It has more configuration options than the graphical version.
You will be presented with a list of options and their current values:
0.
enableProxyAuth
No
1.
noSSLServerURL
http://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC
2.
oemInfoFile
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/oeminfo
3.
enableProxy
No
4.
networkSetup
Yes
5.
httpProxy
6.
proxyUser
7.
serverURL
https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC
8.
proxyPassword
9.
debug
No
Enter number of item to edit
return to exit, q to quit without saving
:
Enter the number of the item that you want to modify, and enter a new value for the option. When
you finish changing your configuration, press [Enter] to save your changes and exit. Press [q] and then
[Enter] to quit without saving your changes.
The most common options configured are
enableProxy
and
httpProxy
to enable a proxy server.
To enable a proxy server, change the value for
enableProxy
to
Yes
and the value of
httpProxy
to
the name of the proxy server and port number in the format http://HOST:PORT. For example, to
use the proxy server http://squid.mysite.org on port 3128, you would change the value to
http://squid.mysite.org:3128
.
If you require a proxy username and password, set
enableProxyAuth
to
Yes
to enable
username/password authentication for the proxy, and set
proxyUser
and
proxyPassword
to the
appropriate username and password for the proxy.
To bypass SSL, in
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn_register
change the protocol for
serverURL
from
https
to
http
.
5.2. Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client
You must be root to register a system with RHN. If you start the
Red Hat Network Registration
Client
as a standard user, you will be prompted to enter the root password before proceeding.
Important
If your username is part of a larger organizational account, you should take caution when registering
your systems. By default, all systems registered with the
Red Hat Network Registration Client
end
up in the Ungrouped section of systems visible only to Organization Administrators. To ensure you re-
tain management of these systems, Red Hat recommends your organization create an activation key
associated with a specific system group and grant you permissions to that group. You may then reg-
ister your systems using that activation key and find those System Profiles within RHN immediately.
Refer to Section 2.5
Registering with Activation Keys
for instructions.
To start the
Red Hat Network Registration Client
, use one of the following methods:
1. On the GNOME desktop, go to the
Main Menu Button
(on the Panel) =>
Programs
=>
System
=>
Red Hat Network
2. On the KDE desktop, go to the
Main Menu Button
(on the Panel) =>
System
=>
Red Hat
Network
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