Red Hat NETWORK 3.6 Reference Manual

Also see for NETWORK 3.6 -: Manual Configuration guide

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44 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Registration ClientIt has more configuration options than the graphical version.You will be presented with a list of options and their current values:0. enableProxyAuth No1. noSSLServerURL http://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC2. oemInfoFile /etc/sysconfig/rhn/oeminfo3. enableProxy No4. networkSetup Yes5. httpProxy6. proxyUser7. serverURL https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC8. proxyPassword9. debug NoEnter number of item to edit return to exit, q to quit without saving :Enter the number of the item that you want to modify, and enter a new value for the option. Whenyou finish changing your configuration, press [Enter] to save your changes and exit. Press [q] and then[Enter] to quit without saving your changes.The most common options configured are enableProxy and httpProxy to enable a proxy server.To enable a proxy server, change the value for enableProxy to Yes and the value of httpProxy tothe name of the proxy server and port number in the format http://HOST:PORT. For example, touse the proxy server http://squid.mysite.org on port 3128, you would change the value tohttp://squid.mysite.org:3128.If you require a proxy username and password, set enableProxyAuth to Yes to enableusername/password authentication for the proxy, and set proxyUser and proxyPassword to theappropriate username and password for the proxy.To bypass SSL, in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn_register change the protocol for serverURLfrom https to http.5.2. Starting the Red Hat Network Registration ClientYou must be root to register a system with RHN. If you start the Red Hat Network RegistrationClient as a standard user, you will be prompted to enter the root password before proceeding.ImportantIf your username is part of a larger organizational account, you should take caution when registeringyour systems. By default, all systems registered with the Red Hat Network Registration Client endup in the Ungrouped section of systems visible only to Organization Administrators. To ensure you re-tain management of these systems, Red Hat recommends your organization create an activation keyassociated with a specific system group and grant you permissions to that group. You may then reg-ister your systems using that activation key and find those System Profiles within RHN immediately.Refer to Section 2.5 Registering with Activation Keys for instructions.To start the Red Hat Network Registration Client, use one of the following methods:1. On the GNOME desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Programs => System=> Red Hat Network2. On the KDE desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => System => Red HatNetwork