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Before you begin using Red Hat Network, you need to create a username, password, and System Profile. The Red Hat Network Registration Client walks you through this process.
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Most users do not need to configure the Red Hat Network Registration Client before registering their systems. Do not attempt to use this option unless you must. |
To start the graphical interface for configuring the application to connect through an HTTP proxy server, type the following command at a shell prompt:
rhn_register --configure |
The window shown in Figure 2-1 will appear.
To start the command line version, use the command:
rhn_register --nox --configure |
It has more configuration options than the graphical version.
You will be presented with a list of options and their current values:
0. enableProxyAuth No 1. noSSLServerURL http://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC 2. oemInfoFile /etc/sysconfig/rhn/oeminfo 3. enableProxy No 4. networkSetup Yes 5. httpProxy 6. proxyUser 7. serverURL https://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC 8. proxyPassword 9. debug No Enter number of item to edit <return to exit, q to quit without saving>: |
Enter the number of the item that you want to modify, and enter a new
value for the option. When you finish changing your configuration, press
The most common options configured are enableProxy and httpProxy to enable a proxy server. To enable a proxy server, change the value for enableProxy to Yes and the value of httpProxy to the name of the proxy server and port number in the format http://HOST:PORT. For example, to use the proxy server http://squid.mysite.org on port 3128, you would change the value to http://squid.mysite.org:3128.
If you require a proxy username and password, set enableProxyAuth to Yes to enable username/password authentication for the proxy, and set proxyUser and proxyPassword to the appropriate username and password for the proxy.
