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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org]
<b><span style="font-weight:
bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Damon Chesser<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 25, 2011 12:24 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] RHEL and Satellite</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Answering my own question:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/reregister-rhel-system-with-red-hat-network/">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/reregister-rhel-system-with-red-hat-network/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt"><font size="2" color="#111111" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#111111">e) Login to your system and delete<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid</span></font></b></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>file
using rm command, enter:<br>
</span></font><code><font size="1" color="#111111" face="Consolas"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#111111;border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;
padding:8.0pt;background:#EEEEEE"># rm /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid</span></font></code><font size="2" color="#111111" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#111111"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt"><font size="2" color="#111111" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#111111">f) Now register box with the update agent using<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">rhn_register</span></font></b></strong>,
enter:<br>
</span></font><code><font size="1" color="#111111" face="Consolas"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#111111;border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;
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rhn_register is a client program that registers your system with Red Hat Network (or a Red Hat Network Satellite). After registering, your system can recieve software updates, install new software, and remotely manage your system. It can run both in graphical
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I was not googling correctly. I was looking for “registered with RH Satellite re-register with RHN” and such things but it hit me: “Can’t register
with RHN”! Erueka! 2<sup>nd</sup> hit (first was blocked).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#1F497D">Damon Chesser</span></font><font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#1F497D">SRP Linux/Red Hat Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold">Apex Computer Systems Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cell 404-271-8699<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:dchesser@acsi2000.com">dchesser@acsi2000.com</a></span></font><font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Damon Chesser<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 25, 2011 12:18 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [ale] RHEL and Satellite<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have a base install. We don’t have a Satellite server ready for production yet. A co-worker wanted to test the registration to the satellite and then they “would force a RHN”
registration. That was Friday. Now it is Monday and I can’t seem to run any commands on the server to allow it to register with the RedHat Network.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">rhn_register --nox does not allow me to change the server. A manual I have says to run rhn_register --nox –configure, but of course –-configure is not a real option. I suppose
I could move the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date out of the way and see what happens but I am curious, what is the correct way to change this setting?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Googleing so far turns up hits on how to register, how to drop a client (servers side) but I am not finding anything about the client side.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Damon Chesser<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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