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Section 2.1:Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client 15
2 Registration
Before you begin using Red Hat Network, you need to create a user name, password, and System
Profile. The
Red Hat Network Registration Client will walk you through this process.
2.1 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
in Red Hat Linux 6.2 or higher, use one of the following
methods:
1. On the GNOME desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Programs => System
=>
RHN Registration
2. On the KDE desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Red Hat => System => RHN
Registration
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. Please refer to Section 2.5, Text Mode RHN Registration Client for
further details.
CAUTION
You must use Python 1.5.2-24 or later with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
support. If not, the information you transfer will not be encrypted. If you
have an earlier version of Python, you will see the message shown in Fig-
ure 2–1, Use Python 1.5.2-24 or later. To determine the version of Python
on your system, use the command
rpm -q python
. It is strongly recom-
mended you use
Python 1.5.2-24
or later.