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Glossary
A
Action A task that is scheduled by a system administrator using Red
Hat Network to be performed on one or more client systems. For
example, an action can be scheduled to update the kernel packages
on all the systems within a selected group.
Activation Key RHN Management and Provisioningcustomers can generate
activation keys through the RHN website. Each unique key can then
be used to register a Red Hat system, entitle the system to RHN,
subscribe the system to specific channels, and subscribe the system
to RHN system groups through the command line utility
rhnreg_ks
from the
rhn_register
package.
B
Base Channel A base channel is a type of
Channel
that consists of a list of
packages based on a specific architecture and Red Hat release. For
example, all the packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 for the
x86 architecture make a base channel.
Bug Fix Alert An
Errata Alert
that pertains to a bug fix.
Bugzilla Bugzilla is an online application (
http://www.redhat.com/bugzilla
1
)
that allows users to communicate directly with the developers. From
Bugzilla, users can submit bug reports and feature requests for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux and related open source packages.
C
Channel A channel is a list of packages. Channels are used to choose
packages to be installed from client systems. Every client system
must be subscribed to one
Base Channel
and can be subscribed to
one or more
Child Channel
.
Child Channel A child channel is a
Channel
associated with a
Base Channel
but
contains extra packages.
Client System See
Registered System
.
D
Digital Certificate A client component in XML format that is stored in the
/etc/
sysconfig/rhn/systemid
file on registered systems. Red Hat
Network verifies this certificate to authenticate the registered system
before each connection. This certificate is issued by Red Hat and
passed to the system as part of the registration process. It includes
unique information about the registered system to avoid fraudulent
use.