Introduction
Welcome to the
Red Hat Network Basic User Reference Guide 3.3
.
The
Red Hat Network Basic User Reference Guide
will guide you through registering your system for
Red Hat Network and using its many features. Depending on which version of Red Hat Linux you
have installed, the
Red Hat Network Registration Client
and the
Red Hat Update Agent
might be
different than the ones described in this manual as new features are added. Once you use Red Hat
Network to update these applications, you can use the latest version of this manual.
All
versions
of
this
manual
are
available
in
HTML
and
formats
at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/.
This version of the manual covers version 2.7.86-7.x.3 of the
Red Hat Update Agent
and version
2.7.21-7.x.3 of the
Red Hat Network Registration Client
.
For a more detailed, technical overview of Red Hat Network, please refer to the whitepapers available
at http://www.redhat.com/docs/wp/.
For an interactive demo of RHN, go to http://rhn.redhat.com/demo/rhn_demo.html. It requires the
Macromedia Flash player.
1. Document Conventions
When you read this manual, you will see that certain words are represented in different fonts, type-
faces, sizes, and weights. This highlighting is systematic; different words are represented in the same
style to indicate their inclusion in a specific category. The types of words that are represented this way
include the following:
command
Linux commands (and other operating system commands, when used) are represented this way.
This style should indicate to you that you can type the word or phrase on the command line
and press [Enter] to invoke a command. Sometimes a command contains words that would be
displayed in a different style on their own (such as filenames). In these cases, they are considered
to be part of the command, so the entire phrase will be displayed as a command. For example:
Use the
cat testfile
command to view the contents of a file, named
testfile
, in the current
working directory.
filename
Filenames, directory names, paths, and RPM package names are represented this way. This style
should indicate that a particular file or directory exists by that name on your Red Hat Linux
system. Examples:
The
.bashrc
file in your home directory contains bash shell definitions and aliases for your own
use.
The
/etc/fstab
file contains information about different system devices and filesystems.
Install the
webalizer
RPM if you want to use a Web server log file analysis program.
application
This style should indicate to you that the program named is an end-user application (as opposed
to system software). For example:
Use Netscape
Navigator
to browse the Web.
Summary of Contents for NETWORK BASIC - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 3.3
Page 1: ...Red Hat Network Basic User Reference Guide 3 3...
Page 14: ...14 Chapter 1 What is Red Hat Network...
Page 27: ...Chapter 2 Red Hat Network Registration Client 27 Figure 2 15 Text Mode Welcome Screen...
Page 28: ...28 Chapter 2 Red Hat Network Registration Client...
Page 34: ...34 Chapter 3 Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool...
Page 48: ...48 Chapter 4 Red Hat Update Agent...
Page 52: ...52 Chapter 5 Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool...
Page 70: ...70 Chapter 7 Red Hat Network Daemon...
Page 72: ...72 Chapter 8 Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6 2...
Page 78: ...78 Glossary...
Page 82: ......
