On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 12:12 +0300, Antti J. Huhtala wrote: > On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:48:10 +0100 Paul Howarth wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 19:00 +0300, Antti J. Huhtala wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > [snip] > > > > "After installing FC4-x86_64 a few days ago, on July 1st Red Hat > Network > > wanted me to update lots of RPMs which I okayed. The packets seem to > > work OK, but now my box contacts RHN _once_every_minute_ obviously > > asking for new updates. What's the point? I should think once per day > > would be sufficient..." > > > > Later I've read RHN FAQs and checked /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd which > only > > says: INTERVAL=240 > > > > If I'm not mistaken, this should mean my box connects to RHN every > four > > hours. However, I'm still connecting to RHN once every minute (I've > got > > Ethereal logs to prove it). > > > > So my question is: Why does my box connect to RHN all the time and > where > > is the parameter to change? > > You don't need to run rhnsd at all. There is no Fedora channel on Red > Hat Network. up2date just uses regular yum repositories by default in > FC4. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Thanks for your reply, Paul, but it doesn't quite answer my question. > I'm not worried about updates as such. I run up2date every two weeks or > so, and it works fine - except that it complains about my "registration > not being active" and that there is no systemid file in > my /etc/sysconfig/rhn or anywhere else. Do you have any non-comment line in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources other than: repomd fedora http://fedora.redhat.com/ There should particularly not be an "up2date" entry. > To be precise, my box connects to xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com with one minute > intervals. Assuming this is the server up2date utilises to fetch > updates, why must up2date request for updates so often? IMHO, this is > neither desirable nor necessary. > The configuration file for up2date in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date has a > line stating "updateUp2date=1" which roughly means "update whenever > possible". "when possible", not "whenever possible" > I suppose this is a Boolean "1" and not the interval of > update requests? Fedora does not use the Red Hat Network *at all*. If you have the rhnsd service running, you can turn it off. See if that stops the activity. up2date will still work. There is no need to register with RHN - in fact it's not even possible. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
