Hello, I'm just trying to get to grips with my companies RHN satellite setup. I've been trying to use if for managing kickstart's and configuration files. However I'm struggling - apologies if this info is all in the manual: I've been reading it a lot but it hasn't helped. If anyone could help me out with the following questions, I'd be grateful. 1. Can I manage system configurations based on groups? I'd like to be able to subscribe a group to a configuration channel and have all systems in that group receive the necessary files. I only seem able to do it per host - indeed although you can create groups I cant see how to use those groups anywhere! Ideally I'd like these group to be defined on our ldap server which the RHN server also uses? 2. Can I define custom macros for my configuration files? I know you can define fields for systems and include them but I would like to write a script that can get values from a configuration management database, for instance. 3. Can I setup all new machines to automatically join a "base" configuration channel or do I have to script this using rhncg-client? 4. Can I use includes in my kickstarts - we currently have a dozen kickstarts but the differences between them are generally only a few lines (SCSI/SATA/IDE, for instance). Consequently changing them is very hard. I have tried finding the kickstart file's on my server to shortcut the restrictive UI but couldn't - I presume they're tucked away in a database? I'm using RHNS 5.01. thanks, -ross -- Ross McKerchar Systems Analyst, Sophos Tel: 01235 559933 Web: http://www.sophos.com Sophos - security and control Sophos Plc, The Pentagon, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon, OX14 3YP, United Kingdom. Company Reg No 2096520. VAT Reg No GB 348 3873 20.