RHEL 5.1: using RHN with YUM

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On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Rajiv Baxi <rajiv.baxi at netzero.net> wrote:

> I am currently running RHEL version 5.1 x64. I originally skipped entering
> the installation ID during installation and skipped activation at that point
> (thinking that we would never have a use for it). Recently it had been
> brought to my attention that updates were needed. I ran rhn_register. It
> appeared that it had worked successfully.


if you successfully registered your server (you should have username and
password in RHN), you should be able to see the server on RHN site.



> Now what I would like to do is, configure YUM to use RHN as a download
> source. Is it possible to do so? If so, how?


that's not necessary. All you need is to run #yum update.


>
>
> I've done a little research on this and I've found that I may have to
> install the yum+rhnplugin. Is that correct? Anyone have a guide as to how to
> configure this?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Rajiv Baxi
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