[rhn-users] Deleting a profile for a system that still exists

[David Miller]

David Miller wrote:
> inode0 wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:26:17 -0500, David Miller 
>> <justdave at bugzilla.org> wrote:
>>
>>> So if I delete these machines off my list, and then sometime down the
>>> road someone plugs one of them back into the net again, will it show up
>>> on my list again after it checks in the first time, or will the machine
>>> need to be re-registered if it ever gets put back on the net (or will it
>>> be prevented from re-registering because I deleted it)?
>>
>> It will get an error the next time it tries to check in and will need
>> to be registered again in order to get updates again.  That has been
>> my experience anyway.  This assumes that you intend to delete the
>> machine's profile and not just delete it from your group.  That part
>> isn't quite clear to me from what you've said above.
> 
> Yeah, deleting their profiles is what I was thinking.  I've already got 
> them off in a group by themselves, but it means extra clicks to select 
> groups first in order to see what errata apply to everything but those ;)

My next question then, is if I delete a profile, does it prevent me from 
using the same profile name when I re-register the above systems at some 
point in the future?

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