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rhnsd(8)

NAME

   rhnsd  -  A  program  for  querying the Red Hat Network for updates and
   information.

SYNOPSIS

   rhn_check [options]

DESCRIPTION

   rhnsd is a background daemon process that periodically  polls  the  Red
   Hat  Network  to  see if there are any queued actions available. If any
   are queued, rhnsd will execute those actions.

   rhnsd is typically started from the initialization  (init)  scripts  in
   /etc/init.d/rhnsd.   when it's time to poll the Red Hat Network servers
   for available updates and actions. The default interval  is  every  240
   minutes.  The minimum polling interval is 60 minutes.

   To  check for updates, rhnsd runs an external program called rhn_check.
   This is a small application that actually makes the network  connection
   to Red Hat Networks.

   The rhnsd daemon does not listen on any network ports, nor does it ever
   talk to the network directly. Any network  activity  is  done  via  the
   rhn_check utility.

   rhnsd  can  be  configured  by  editing  the  /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd.
   configuration file. This is actually the configuration file  the  rhnsd
   initialization script /etc/init.d/rhnsd.  uses.

OPTIONS

   -i, --interval
          Specify the interval that rhnsd should wait between checking the
          Red Hat Network. Default is  240  minutes,  the  minimum  is  60
          minutes. This can also be specified in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd

   -f, --foreground
          force  the  rhnsd  process  to  run in the foreground instead of
          automatically backgrounding itself, as it does by default.

FILES

   /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd
          Configuration settings for  the  rhnsd  daemon's  initialization
          script.

SEE ALSO

   rhn_check(8),     rhn_register(8),    rhnsd(8),    rhn-profile-sync(8),
   rhnplugin(8), up2date(5).

AUTHORS

   Preston Brown <[email protected]>
   Cristian Gafton <[email protected]>
   Adrian Likins <[email protected]>
   James Bowes <[email protected]>

BUGS

   Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright  1999-2006 Red Hat, Inc.

   This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
   NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
   PURPOSE.



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