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.

Linux                                           2006 November 13                                        RHNSD(8)