[rhn-users] Need some help

[Trice, Jim]

John,
    The program that contacts the redhat network is rhnsd. Do "ps -ef | grep
rhn" to see if it's running. "chkconfig --list | grep rhn" should show you
whether it's set to run at the various run levels. You can manually start it
by issuing the command "service rhnsd start". 
    I prefer to pull stuff down from redhat using the up2date program. See
"man up2date". 
"up2date -p" will force a check in with RHN. 
Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On
Behalf Of John Wirt
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:35 AM
> To: RedHat Users List submit
> Subject: [rhn-users] Need some help
> 
> After two months of trying to download and install updates using the RedHat
network, I am about ready
> to wipe out Linux and install Windows XP.  Could someone please answer this
quesiton.
> 
> There are 370 packages that need to be downloaded and installed on my
Enterprise v3 Intel EMT64T
> system.
> 
> I have managed to schedule several of the packages for download but they
never arrive and they are
> never installed. What does the "scheduling" of a download mean? When will
the packages be installed?
> 
> When I log into the RHN, the Errata tab appears. So I presume that my
system is registered and I am
> entitled to downloads.
> 
> The RHN System Summary fior my system says that
>    Total Systems = 1
>    Out of date systems = 1
>    Inactive system = 1
> 
> My system is apparently not "checking in" to the RedHat network. To find
out, I followed the
> procedure in FAQ#15. I executed this command,
> 
>      telnet xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com 443
> 
> The response that I got was
> 
>      Connection closed by foreign host. <<=====
> 
> What does this mean? What should I do about it?
> 
> John Wirt
> 
> 
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