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Chapter 2. Red Hat Network Registration Client
1.
noSSLServerURL
http://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC
2.
oemInfoFile
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/oeminfo
3.
enableProxy
No
4.
networkSetup
Yes
5.
httpProxy
6.
proxyUser
7.
serverURL
https://www.rhns.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.
2.2. 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. 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
3. Type the command
rhn_register
at a shell prompt (for example an
XTerm
or
GNOME
terminal
)
4. If you are not running the X Window System, type the command
rhn_register
at a virtual
console or remote terminal. Refer to Section 2.7 for further details.
Caution
You must use
Python 1.5.2-24
or later with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support. If not, the infor-
mation you transfer will not be encrypted. If you have an earlier version of Python, you will see the
message shown in Figure 2-2. To determine the version of Python on your system, use the command
rpm -q python
. It is strongly recommended you use
Python 1.5.2-24
or later.
Summary of Contents for NETWORK BASIC - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 3.3
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