Traditional Contact Method (rhnsd)
For background information, see architecture:rhnsd.adoc.
rhnsd is used non-systemd systems; on later systems, a systemd timer (rhnsd.timer) is used.
The daemon is started by /etc/init.d/rhnsd, it does not use rhnsd.service.
The Default Contact Method
The SUSE Manager rhnsd daemon runs on client systems and periodically connects with SUSE Manager to check for new updates and notifications. The daemon, which runs in the background, is started by rhnsd.service.
To check for updates, rhnsd runs the external mgr_check program located in /usr/sbin/.
This is a small application that establishes the network connection to SUSE Manager.
The SUSE Manager daemon does not listen on any network ports or talk to the network directly.
All network activity is done via the mgr_check utility.
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Auto accepting (EULAs)
When new packages or updates are installed on the client using SUSE Manager, any end user licence agreements (EULAs) are automatically accepted. To review a package EULA, open the package detail page in the Web UI. |
This figure provides an overview of the default rhnsd process path. All items left of the Python XMLRPC server block represent processes running on an SUSE Manager client.
Configuring SUSE Manager rhnsd Daemon
The SUSE Manager daemon can be configured by editing the file on the client:
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd
This is the configuration file the rhnsd initialization script uses. An important parameter for the daemon is its check-in frequency. The default interval time is four hours (240 minutes). If you modify the configuration file, you must as root restart the daemon with:
/etc/init.d/rhnsd restart
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Minimum Allowed Check-in Parameter
The minimum allowed time interval is one hour (60 minutes). If you set the interval below one hour, it will change back to the default of 4 hours (240 minutes). |
Viewing rhnsd Daemon Status
As the root you may view the status of rhnsd by typing the command:
/etc/init.d/rhnsd status