RH question

Ben Boulanger ben at blackavar.com
Thu Jun 12 16:46:51 EDT 2003


On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> So, what's this file for, and what else does it contain?
> What's the /etc/sysconfig/rhn subdir for, and what's in there (other 
> than the systemid file :)

It's the redhat network stuff for doing "up2date" and the auto-update 
features.  RHN (RedHat Network) registers your machine architecture, 
version, hardware and packages (optional on each, I think), and when you 
run up2date, it knows what relevant updates to give you.

Ben


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