User manual REDHAT NETWORK 2.6 BASIC REFERENCE GUIDE

[. . . ] Red Hat Network 2. 6 Basic Reference Guide Red Hat Network 2. 6: Basic Reference Guide Copyright © 2001 - 2003 by Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Drive Raleigh NC 27606-2072 USA Phone: +1 919 754 3700 Phone: 888 733 4281 Fax: +1 919 754 3701 PO Box 13588 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA RHNbasic(EN)-2. 6-HTML-RHI (2003-07-25T18:37) Copyright © 2003 by Red Hat, Inc. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, V1. 0 or later (the latest version is presently available at http://www. opencontent. org/openpub/). Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. [. . . ] Refer to Section 4. 4. 1. 4 Inactive for details. The Action Summary section provides the following information about events scheduled in the past week: · · · Recently Failed Actions -- Number of scheduled actions that did not succeed. Pending Actions -- Number of scheduled actions that have not yet been completed. Recently Completed Actions -- Number of scheduled actions that succeeded. The Errata section lists all and relevant Errata Alerts. You may toggle between All and Relevant by clicking the View All or View Relevant link at the top of the table. To go to a complete list of applicable Errata Alerts for your systems stored in the Errata category, click View All Relevant Errata in the bottom right-hand corner. Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website You can return to this page by clicking Your RHN on the left navigation bar. 43 4. 3. 1. Your Account The Your Account page allows you to modify your personal information, such as name, password, email and title. To modify any of this information, merely make the changes in the appropriate text fields and click the Update button in the bottom right-hand corner. Remember, if you change your Red Hat Network password (the one used to log into RHN and redhat. com), you will not see your new one as you type it for security reasons. Also for security, your password is represented by 12 asterisks no matter how many characters it actually contains. Replace the asterisks in the Password and Password Confirmation text fields with your new password. Addresses The Addresses page allows you to manage your mailing, billing and shipping addresses, as well as the associated phone numbers. Just click Edit this address below the address to be modified, make the changes, and click Update Address. Change Email The email address listed in the Your Account page is the address Red Hat Network sends email notifications to, if you select to receive Errata Alerts or daily summaries for your systems on the Your Preferences page. To change your preferred email address, click Change Email in the left navigation bar. You will then be asked for the new email address. A confirmation email will be sent to the new email address; responding to the confirmation email will validate the new email address. Note that false email addresses such as those ending in "@localhost" are filtered and rejected. Account Deactivation The Account Deactivation page provides a means to cancel your Red Hat Network service. It presents steps for manual deletion or instructions for contacting Customer Service, depending on your level of service. Deletion of the account should occur within one business week. 4. 3. 2. Your Preferences The Your Preferences page allows you to configure Red Hat Network options, including: · Email Notifications -- Determine whether you want to receive email every time an Errata Alert is applicable to one or more systems in your RHN account. Important This setting also enables Enterprise customers to receive a daily summary of system events. [. . . ] It is created during the registration process. The software information is a list of RPM packages and their versions installed on the client system. The System Profile is used to determine every Errata Alert relevant to each client system. 82 Glossary Index A account deactivate, ?deleting a system, 49 Demo, 2 Digital Certificate, ? [. . . ]