Re: Redhat's Errata Alert and update system

I have checked the log files, but there is never any indication of
why it rebooted,  is there someway to setup advanced debugging
info to be sent to the logs?

Thanks for the info, by the way.

-Joel

Ian Douglas wrote:

>>Can someone explain how this service from Redhat works.
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>I've been using it pretty regularly for about 2 years and love it.
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>>1) Is there a process (what is the name) that runs on the server
>>that polls the redhat site for updates, that I have marked through
>>the alert system to download patches/fixes...etc. (that is my guess);
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>Yes, it's called rhnsd. Minimum "check-in" time is 2 hours - your system
>will poll RedHat to see if any updates are available, but you have to
>manually log in to RHN's web site (https://rhn.redhat.com) to tell RedHat to
>automatically patch your system the next time the system checks in.
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>>2) what are the security implications of this process constantly running?;
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>None I'm aware of.
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>>3) My machine reboots every now and then - is there related to
>>this service? Why the reboots?
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>Nope, I've never had a system reboot by using rhnsd.
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>>If it is not related to the service,
>>then can someone suggest a way for me to diagnos why my
>>machine is rebooting every-now-and-then?
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>Yeah, check /var/log/messages
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