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 <pbrown@redhat.com>
       Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
       Adrian Likins <alikins@redhat.com>
       James Bowes <jbowes@redhat.com>

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.