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44 Chapter 3. Red Hat Network Daemon
3.2. Viewing Status
You can view the status of the rhnsd by typing the command
service rhnsd status
or
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd status
at a shell prompt.
3.3. Disabling
To disable the daemon, (as root) run the ntsysv utility and uncheck rhnsd . You can also
(as root) execute the command
chkconfig rhnsd off
. Using these two methods only
disables the service the next time the system is started. To stop the service immediately,
use the command
service rhnsd stop
or
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd stop
.
3.4. Troubleshooting
If you see messages indicating that checkins are not taking place, the RHN client on your
system is not successfully reaching Red Hat Network. Make certain:
•
your client is configured correctly.
•
your system can communicate with RHN via SSL (port 443). You may test this by
running the following command from a shell prompt:
telnet xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com 443
•
the Red Hat Network Daemon is activated and running. You may ensure this by running
the following commands:
chkconfig --level 345 rhnsd on
service rhnsd start
If these are correct and your systems still indicate they are not checking in, please contact
our technical support team.