Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Doug
Its your system that goes out to redhat and checks for updates.. - Original Message - From: "Mark Bradbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:56 AM Subject: Re: System re-install and redhat network > Ummm-K if thats

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Mark Bradbury
Ummm-K if thats the case how do they do a update of your system I would have thought that would at least need a valid hostname/ip On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 22:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mark Bradbury wrote: > > > Thanks. So somewhere they keep the IP or hostname so when you sc

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Ed . Greshko
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mark Bradbury wrote: > Thanks. So somewhere they keep the IP or hostname so when you schedule > hardware or software update it knows where to look. Then don't care at all about your hostname or IP address. What they care about is the profile name you assign to your system. E

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Mark Bradbury
Thanks I knew there must be a way to do it On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 20:54, Michael Schwendt wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07 Mar 2003 19:21:53 +0930, Mark Bradbury wrote: > > > Ok; that sounds fine. However I thought the would be some > > certificate(file) that I

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07 Mar 2003 19:21:53 +0930, Mark Bradbury wrote: > Ok; that sounds fine. However I thought the would be some > certificate(file) that I can backup and then install on the upgraded > system and then run something like up2date -p and then the new sys

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Mark Bradbury
Thanks. So somewhere they keep the IP or hostname so when you schedule hardware or software update it knows where to look. On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 20:39, Philip Wyett wrote: > Hi, > > Yes thats normal, it has the same ip 127.0.0.1 in my RHN account system > profile too. Nothing to worry about. >

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Ed . Greshko
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mark Bradbury wrote: > when I look at systems on the rhn site and then click on the one system > that is registered it has a loopback ip ie 127.0.0.1 is this normal? and > if not how do I change it. Pretty much normal. Chances are your registered just after you installed the

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Philip Wyett
Hi, Yes thats normal, it has the same ip 127.0.0.1 in my RHN account system profile too. Nothing to worry about. Regards Phil On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 10:58, Mark Bradbury wrote: > OK I will take your advice not that I have blown the system away yet :) > > another question > > when I look at sy

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Mark Bradbury
OK I will take your advice not that I have blown the system away yet :) another question when I look at systems on the rhn site and then click on the one system that is registered it has a loopback ip ie 127.0.0.1 is this normal? and if not how do I change it. ps. I thank you for all your help.

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Ed . Greshko
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mark Bradbury wrote: > Ok; that sounds fine. However I thought the would be some > certificate(file) that I can backup and then install on the upgraded > system and then run something like up2date -p and then the new system > would take on the same settings as the old one e.g.

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Mark Bradbury
Ok; that sounds fine. However I thought the would be some certificate(file) that I can backup and then install on the upgraded system and then run something like up2date -p and then the new system would take on the same settings as the old one e.g. groups and stuff. If it can't be done I'll do it t

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Philip Wyett
Hi, What Ed is trying to say I believe is... He first goes to RHN website, logs in and then deletes the system he is about to re-install. Then he can re-install and use the same RHN account and just re-register during firstboot or whenever. This way you are using the same RHN account with same us

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Mark Bradbury
Yes but we have Redhat advanced server and I was under the impression that Redhat was cracking down on registrations under the same name On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 18:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mark Bradbury wrote: > > > If I was to blow away a system that's registered with

Re: System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Ed . Greshko
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mark Bradbury wrote: > If I was to blow away a system that's registered with Redhat Network > which files should I keep so that RHN will recognise my rebuilt system? When I do that I blow away the system on RHN and re-register. Ed -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe m

System re-install and redhat network

2003-03-07 Thread Mark Bradbury
Hi All If I was to blow away a system that's registered with Redhat Network which files should I keep so that RHN will recognise my rebuilt system? TIA -- There are two types of people: those who divide people into those who divide people into two types and those who don't, and those who don't