Linux命令之rhn_check

NAME

rhn_check - check for queued actions on RHN and execute them

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/rhn_check [-v] [--verbose]

DESCRIPTION

rhn_check is a client program that connects to the Red Hat Network backend servers and retrieves information associated with the queued actions for this particular system. This script reads the digital server ID from /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid and uses that to identify the machine to the Red Hat Network. Upon successfull authentication, rhn_check will start processing the queued actions sequentially.

ACTION TYPES

The following types of actions are currently processed by rhn_check:

action type	description
refresh	This action will refresh the hardware or software profiles of this
	machine with Red Hat Network. This fucntion is called as
	refresh(hardware) or refresh(rpmlist)
new_systemid	This action is used by the RHn Backend to update the Digital
	system ID of this machine with a new one.
update_packages	This action will trigger rhn_check into running a package
	update for a list of packages queued from the Red Hat Network.
	rhn_check will use modules from the up2date client to download
	the packages, solve dependencies and install the on the system.

SEE ALSO

man pages for up2date(8) and rhnsd(8).