FC4: Unnecessary network "noise"?

[Paul Howarth]

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 19:00 +0300, Antti J. Huhtala wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> originally I wrote this message 3 days after installing FC4 but then I
> wasn't a subscriber to fedora-list and my msg never appeared in public:
> 
> "After installing FC4-x86_64 a few days ago, on July 1st Red Hat Network
> wanted me to update lots of RPMs which I okayed. The packets seem to
> work OK, but now my box contacts RHN _once_every_minute_ obviously
> asking for new updates. What's the point? I should think once per day
> would be sufficient..."
> 
> Later I've read RHN FAQs and checked /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd which only
> says: INTERVAL=240
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, this should mean my box connects to RHN every four
> hours. However, I'm still connecting to RHN once every minute (I've got
> Ethereal logs to prove it).
> 
> So my question is: Why does my box connect to RHN all the time and where
> is the parameter to change?

You don't need to run rhnsd at all. There is no Fedora channel on Red
Hat Network. up2date just uses regular yum repositories by default in
FC4.

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>