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mrepo not generating repodata - odd errors

I'm having trouble with mrepo on a RHEL 6 system, trying to mirror a RHEL 5 repo. Running mrepo -uvvvv will update all the packages but it won't create the repdata directory. You have to specify -s sha (or --checksum sha) since yum on RHEL 5 doesn't…
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linux redhat + how to install only the latest kernel rpm under /boot

installing of errata security kernel rpm ( from redhat sattelite ) on the linux red-hat, could sometimes - create a diff 2-4 new update kernel under /boot , the problem here that /boot could be nearly %0 availbe space is it possible to install only…
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linux + yum update - what this command covers?

we have red-hat version 6.x machine, I verified what are the missing security patches as the following: yum updateinfo list security available Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, security, subscription-manager This system is receiving updates…
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Spacewalk client OSAD service SSL error

I have some problems with my freshly Spacewalk setup. I have registered my test client, and installed osad service to avoid executing rhn_check. But when I start osad service, I get the following error: Starting osad: Not able to reconnect Traceback…
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Red Hat Network API connection

I'm creating a perl script that connects to the RHN, however I seem to be struggling. The code I have is this: #!/usr/bin/perl use Frontier::Client; my $HOST = 'xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com'; my $client = new Frontier::Client(url =>…
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How can I create software groups in RHN Satellite?

I would like to be able to create software groups, so I can install a group of packages with yum groupinstall, e.g. yum groupinstall oracle-packages Does RHN Satellite support software groups?
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How to secure channels created with spacewalk-create-channel?

Does spacewalk-create-channel (RHN Satellite) create channels without security updates? spacewalk-create-channel --user=username --password=password -v 5 -r Server -u U7 -a i386 --destChannel=rhel-i386-server-5.7 .N "rhel-i386-server-5.7" Release…
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Is it possible to create a RHEL 5.7 channel based on updated (5.9) RHEL channels in Satellite?

I would however like to kickstart new servers based on RHEL 5.7. Both official Red Hat channels in Satellite are already updated to RHEL 5.9 and RHEL 6.4 though. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 for 64-bit x86_64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v.…
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RHN won't update currently entitled RHEL v5 server

I recently purchased RHEL v6 so I was able to get entitlements on my recently upgraded RHEL v4 machine to v5 (v6 is down the road currently). However, in the web interface I run the updates, it fails as it just shows pending with the stopwatch icon.…
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