Red Hat NETWORK 3.1 - MANAGEMENT Reference Manual

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62 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website• Subscribers — List of users who have subscription permissions to the channel. This tab appearson two conditions: First, the logged in user must be an Organization Administrator or a ChannelAdministrator. Second, the Globally Subscribable checkbox on the Details tab must be unchecked,thereby making the channel subscribable by user. On this tab, select the checkboxes of the users tobe allowed to subscribe systems to this channel and click Update. Note that Organization Admin-istrators and Channel Administrators automatically have subscription access to all channels.• Errata — List of Errata affecting the channel. The list displays advisory types, names, summaries,and the dates issued. Clicking on an advisory name takes you to its Errata Details page. Refer toSection 4.5.2.2 Errata Details for more information.• Packages — List of packages in the channel. To download packages as a .tar file, select them andclick the Download Packages button at the bottom-left corner of the page. Clicking on a packagename takes you to the Package Details page. This page displays a set of tabs with informationabout the package, including which architectures it runs on, the package size, build date, packagedependencies, the change log, list of files in the package, newer versions, and which systems havethe package installed. From here, you can download the packages as RPMs or SRPMs. Refer toSection 4.6.5.3 Package Details for more information.If you are looking for a specific package or a subset of packages, you can use the package filteron the top of the list. Entering a substring to search for will search all the packages in the list forthe substring at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the package name. For example,typing ks in the filter might return all the ksconfig, krb5-workstation, and links. The filteris case-insensitive.• Subscribed Systems — List of entitled systems subscribed to the channel. The list displays systemnames, base channels, and their levels of entitlement. Clicking on a system name takes you to itsSystem Details page. Refer to Section 4.4.2.6 System Details for more information. If it is a childchannel, you will also have the option within this tab of unsubscribing systems from the channel.Use the checkboxes to select the systems, then click the Unsubscribe button on the bottom right-hand corner.• Target Systems — List of entitled systems that are eligible to be subscribed to the channel. This tabappears only for child channels. Use the checkboxes to select the systems, then click the Subscribebutton on the bottom right-hand corner. You will receive a success message or be notified of anyerrors. This can also be accomplished through the Channels tab of the System Details page. Referto Section 4.4.2.6 System Details for more information.• Downloads — ISO images associated with the channel. This tab appears only for base channels.Links on the Easy ISOs pages bring you to this tab for the related channel. Red Hat recommendsusing curl or wget for ISO downloads. Click the help on using curl or wget link for preciseinstructions.• License — Text of the channel’s End User License Agreement. This tab is associated only withchannels of third-party providers. It appears when you attempt a subscription to such a channelthrough the Target Systems tab. To complete the subscription, read the agreement, click the Acceptbutton, and then click the Confirm button. To decline the subscription, click the Cancel button.4.6.2. Channel EntitlementsThe Channel Entitlements page displays the list of channels for which you have paid. Click thenumber of systems subscribed to see a list of systems tied to the corresponding channel.4.6.3. Easy ISOsThe Easy ISOs pages provide direct access to the ISO images available to you. These images, com-prising full installations of various Red Hat operating system distributions, are actually located within