<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText54564 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been put in charge of some RH servers, and inherited the RHN account from the previous sysadmin, with no guidance. I have little sysadmin experience, so I have s</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>ome newbie questions about RHN updates:</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>- the servers are set up with Auto Errata Update = Yes, but there is a huge list of Errata and Packages to update the servers with, months-worth of them. the rhnsd daemon is running every four hours, but as reported by logwatch it only does a few updates now and then (a few a week). no idea how it picks them. it does pick up updates I explicitly schedule on RHN, so that part works fine. doesnt Auto Errata Update mean all updates should be done without user intervention?</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>- what is the relationship between rhnsd and up2date? up2date --list does show the whole long list of pending updates. it seems rhnsd is not running off the same list, or just picks a tiny fraction of it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>thank you for your attention</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV id=idSignature30116 dir=ltr><PRE>WIM</PRE></DIV></BODY></HTML>