[rhn-users] registering a system

[Dan Wittenberg]

Try:  rhnreg_ks --username=<name> --password=<password>
if that works then:
up2date -p
up2date -l

Dan

On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 14:12, Margaret Doll wrote:
> I am trying to register a system running RH3 Enterprise using 
> rhn_register.  I already have an account with RedHat, and I have the 
> rights to five RH 3 Enterprise systems, none of which are registered.
> 
> Linux name 2.4.21-15.EL
> 
> I enter my account name in the rhn_register form.   The computer name 
> is picked up correctly without the subnets attached  (name not 
> name.subnet.subnet.subnet).   In Step 3, the form reads
> 
> RedHat Linux version:  ERROR	CPU model:  ERROR
> Hostname:		     ERROR	CPU Speed: ERROR
> IP Address:		    ERROR	Memory:        ERROR
> 
> and the hourglass continues to work.
> 
> If I advance to the next windows, the program finds all the rpms on the 
> system and says it is going to download the information to RedHat.  The 
> download never progresses.  The bar
> does not move.  I don't get a completion.
> 
> I have opened port 443 in /etc/sysconfig/iptables;  "telnet 
> xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com 443" works.
> 
> I have restarted rhnsd several times, although I never see rhnsd 
> running as a daemon.
> 
> rhn_register --configure --nox shows
> 
> 	serverURL:  https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/SMLRPC
> 	noSSLserverURL:  http://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC
> 
> What should I try next?
> 
> 
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Daniel Wittenberg
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University of Iowa - ITS