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rhnreg_ks --username=user-123 --password=foobaz
Note
The
--orgid
(for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5) and
--orgpassword
(in RHEL
4) parameters in
rhnreg_ks
are
not related
to Satellite registration or RHN Satellite's
multiple organizations support.
2. Registering Using An Activation Key — You can also register a system to an organization using
an activation key from the organization. Activation keys will register systems to the organization in
which the activation key was created. Activation keys are a good registration method to use if you
want to allow users to register systems into an organization without providing them login access to
that organization. If you want to move systems between organizations, you may also automate the
move with scripts using the activation keys.
Note
Activation keys have a new format since RHN Satellite 5.1.0, so the first few
characters of the activation key are used to indicate which organization (by ID
number) owns the activation.
9.6. Organizational Trusts
Organizations can share their resources with each other by establishing an
organizational trust
in
the Satellite. An organizational trust is bi-directional, meaning that once a Satellite Administrator
establishes a trust between two or more organizations, the Organization Administrator from each
organization is free to share as much or as little of their resources as they need to. It is up to each
Organization Administrator to determine what resources to share, and what shared resources from
other organizations in the trust to use.
Note
Only Organization Administrators are able to share their custom content; Satellite
Administrators only allocate system and software entitlements to each organization.
9.6.1. Establishing an Organizational Trust
A Satellite Administrator can create a trust between two or more organizations. To do this, click the
Organizations
link on the side menu on the
Admin
main page.
Click the name of one of the organizations and within the
Details
page, click the
Trusts
subtab.
On the
Trusts
subtab, there is a listing of all the other trusts on the RHN Satellite. Here you may use
the
Filter by Organization
text box to narrow down a long list of organizations to a specific subset.