
Chapter 6. Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages
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Option
Description
-u , --username
USERNAME
Include the RHN username of the user that has
administrative access to the specified channel. If not
provided,
rhnpush
prompts for the username of a
valid Channel Administrator. The username and
password are cached in
~/.rhnpushcache
for a
limited time, five minutes being the default. Use
--new-cache
to force a new username and
password.
-p , --password
PASSWORD
Include RHN password of user that has
administrative access to the specified channel. If not
provided,
rhnpush
prompts for the password of a
valid Channel Administrator. The username and
password are cached in
~/.rhnpushcache
for a
limited time, five minutes being the default. Use
--new-cache
to force a new username and
password.
-s, --stdin
Read package list from standard input, for example
from a piped
ls
command.
-X, --exclude
GLOB
Exclude packages that match this glob expression.
--force
Force upload of a package, even if a package of that
name and version currently exists in the channel.
Without this option, uploading a pre-existing
package returns an error.
--nosig
Don’t fail if packages are unsigned.
--new-cache
Forces RHN Push to drop the username and
password cache, then accept or ask for new ones.
This is useful if you make a mistake entering them
the first time.