Re: [rhn-users] Is rhnsd *on* by default?

[Todd Warner <taw redhat com>]

BINGO! You just found a bug.

NOTE TO ALL: this is NOT a bug in the 8.0 up2date.

up2date sucks in the settings from rhn_register only when you run the
client itself. This is how it works:
rhn_register --configure
...you configure and register...
up2date
...up2date sucks in rhn_register settings and then updates the box...

This is what you did:
rhn_register --configure
...you configure and register...
...and then you just left it to allow rhnsd to do its thing.

Skipping the first run of up2date failed to pull in the settings from
rhn_register. Subtle bug. Most people don't go through a HTTP proxy, and
most people run up2date at least once, so it has gone unnoticed as far
as I can tell.

This is NOT a problem for the Red Hat Linux v8.0 client because
rhn_register and up2date were merged.

Nice. Thanks. You made Adrian groan and mutter something like... "not
easy to fix."

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Les Bell wrote:

> 
> Mihai Ibanescu <misa redhat com> wrote:
> 
> >>
> Yes, up2date should import rhn_register's configuration.
> <<
> 
> I bit the bullet and went in to the school the following day. I discovered
> that rhnsd was not configured to go through the proxy, but running "up2date
> --configure" fixed the problem. So there are definitely *two* steps to
> configuring RHN to work through a proxy.
> 
> >>
> up2date's postinstall scriptlet does a chkconfig --add rhnsd. I _believe_
> this also turns the service on, I'll have to double-check thuugh.
> <<
> 
> No need - I can save you the effort! - rhnsd *is* enabled by default.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Best,
> 
> --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP
> [http://www.lesbell.com.au]
> 
> 
> 
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