It would be great if you could install a local up2date server an let all your computers on the LAN connect to this instead of redhat's. - This will make it possible to use up2date on intranets (where internet is not available.) - If you could have a local "up2date server" it should be easy to update the db on this, making it possible to upgrade custom rpms which is not included in the redhat distro. In the file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date I see two directives: noSSLServerURL and serverURL Looks to me that all you have to do is release the server for the public domain.
this behaviour is planned for the future.
Assigned QA to jturner
I wonder if you are still working on this issue. A couple of months after I submitted this feature request you changed your redhat network policiy. (Anonymous login is now longer allowed, Only one account per user is free). You have a service, Red Hat Network Software Manager, which you now try to make money out of. And it is ofcourse nothing wrong with trying to make money on a good service like this. But I wonder if you now have ditched the plan on making an up2date server available? up2date has the potensial to evolve into something great. Consider this scenario: You are an administrator and have been given the task to install the newest lyx version on thirty (30) workstations. This is not a difficult task, but it is time consuming and VERY boring. A true linux hacker would ofcource made some scripts in order to get rid of the boredom. It would be great if up2date could be a management tool were you could deploy and upgrade software on all your computers. What about beeing able to do a kickstart installation from an up2date server ? We know that linux is on it's way into schools, universities and public administration. These institutions don't have thirty workstations like us. They have hundreds. A powerfull deployment tool would easy and motivate people to try linux I think. Bug ID 42654 should also be considered.... Best regards, Vidar
oh.. this functionality exists.. it just costs LOTS of money :p https://rhn.redhat.com/overview_workgroup.pxt (take a look at the "proxy" section) Tommy