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Glossary 77
Security issues and bug fixes are submitted by Red Hat engineers as well as the Linux
community through Bugzilla which generates a bug report for each issue. Red Hat engi-
neering evaluates the reports, resolves the bug, and generates new RPM packages. After
the Red Hat quality assurance team tests new packages they are placed on the Red Hat
Public File Server and on the Red Hat Network Server and an Errata is generated.
Errata Alert
RHN Errata Alert that updated packages based on Red Hat Errata are available for one
or more systems within an organization. There are three types of Errata Alerts: Security
Alerts, Bug Fix Alerts, and Enhancement Alerts.
O
Organization Administrators
Organization Administrators are sets of users that have the highest level of control over
an organization’s Red Hat Network account. Members of this group can add users, sys-
tems, and system groups to the organization as well as remove them. An Organization
Administrators can also give users administrative privileges to system groups. An RHN
organization must have at least one member of the Organization Administrators group.
P
Package
All software in Red Hat Linux is divided into software packages. Software updates are
released in the form of RPM packages that can be installed on a Red Hat Linux system.
R
Registered System
A system that is registered with Red Hat Network. Also known as a client system.
Red Hat Network Daemon
The RHN client daemon (
rhnsd
) that periodically polls Red Hat Network for updates
and notifications.