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The Red Hat Network Daemon periodically connects to the Red Hat Network to check for updates and notifications. The default interval time is two hours (120 minutes). This can be configured in the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd file by specifying the time interval in minutes. If you modify the configuration file, you must (as root) restart the daemon with the command service rhnsd restart or /etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd restart.
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The minimum time interval allowed is one hour (60 minutes). If you set the interval below one hour, it will default to two hours (120 minutes). |
You can view the status of the rhnsd by typing the command service rhnsd status or /etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd status at a shell prompt.
To disable the daemon, (as root) run the ntsysv utility and uncheck rhnsd. You can also (as root) execute the command chkconfig rhnsd off. Using these two methods will only disable the service the next time the system is started. To stop the service immediately, use the command service rhnsd stop or /etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd stop.
The same rules you configured for the Red Hat Update Agent apply to the Red Hat Network Daemon (see the Section called Starting the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool in Chapter 3).