rhnsd

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NAME
       rhnsd  -	 a  program  for querying the Red Hat Network for updates and
       information

SYNOPSIS
       rhnsd [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       rhnsd is a background daemon process that periodically polls  the  Red
       Hat  Network  to see if there are any queued actions available. If any
       are queued, rhnsd will execute those actions.

       rhnsd is typically started from the initialization (init)  scripts  in
       /etc/init.d/rhnsd  when	it’s time to poll the Red Hat Network servers
       for available updates and actions. The default interval is  every  240
       minutes.	 The minimum polling interval is 60 minutes.

       To check for updates, rhnsd runs an external program called rhn_check.
       This is a small application that actually makes the network connection
       to Red Hat Networks.

       The  rhnsd  daemon  does	 not listen on any network ports, nor does it
       ever talk to the network directly. Any network activity	is  done  via
       the rhn_check utility.

       rhnsd  can  be configured by editing the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd con-
       figuration file. This is actually the  configuration  file  the	rhnsd
       initialization script /etc/init.d/rhnsd uses.

       -i, --interval
	      Specify  the  interval  that rhnsd should wait between checking
	      the Red Hat Network. Default is 240 minutes, the minimum is  60
	      minutes. This can also be specified in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd

       -v, --verbose
	      output more information about what rhnsd is doing.

       -f, --foreground
	      force the rhnsd process to run in	 the  foreground  instead  of
	      automatically backgrounding itself, as it does by default.



       FILES

       /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd
	      Configuration  settings  for the rhnsd daemon’s initial-
	      ization script.
       /usr/sbin/rhn_check
	      The external program launched by rhnsd to connect to the
	      Red  Hat	Network	 and  retrieve	any  actions that have
	      queued up.
       /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
	      A certification that authenticates the client machine to
	      the  Red	Hat Network. Generated via the up2date or rhn-
	      reg_ks utilities.

SEE ALSO
       The rhnsd daemon is  tightly  coupled  with  Red	 Hat  Network.
       Visit <http://www.redhat.com/network> for access or to sign up.

       rhn_check(8), up2date(8), up2date-config(8),

AUTHORS
       Written by Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>,
       Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>, and
       Adrian Likins <alikins@redhat.com>
REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1999, 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  conditions.
       There  is  NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
       FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



4th Berkeley Distribution	Fri Feb 9 2001			   UP2DATE(8)