Getting RedHat updates

[m.roth2006 at rcn.com]

>Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:35:17 -0500
>From: "McDougall, Marshall (FSH)" >

>>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of m.roth2006 at rcn.com
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 3:05 PM
>>
>>Ok, first time I've tried to get an update from Redhat in a 
>>couple of years, and the first time from work. The site's 
>>changed, so I can't find the download the way I used to. Now, 
>>I'm behind a proxy and a serious firewall (or, more likely, 
>>several layers of them, *sigh*).
>>
>>So: I tried 
>>up2date -d mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
>>
>>and it couldn't find it. So, what did I do wrong? I want the 
>>one security fix, and *I* want to install it, so I can back it 
>>out if it breaks something the developers need.... The man 
>>page isn't clear enough to answer this (for example, what the 
>>hell is a "channel"?)
>>
>>     mark
>
>
>A channel is essentially what you have subscribed to on RHN.  You need
>to make sure that the system you are trying to up2date is registered
>before you can do anything.  The best way to accomplish that, especially
>since you are behind a f/w, is to run:
>
>up2date --nox --configure 
<snip>
No joy. The other sysadmin, before I started, tried; after I came on board, I tried. We can't manage to get the systems registered through the proxy.

*sigh*

     mark