rhnsd

rhnsd is a client-side daemon for traditional clients only. As of Uyuni 4, it is only available on non-systemd systems (SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6). For later versions, a systemd timer (rhnsd.timer) is available.

Functions

rhnsd is a primary component of Uyuni. It performs the following functions in the stack.

  • Client-side daemon for traditional clients

  • Periodically calls mgr_check (symlinked to rhn_check)

  • Randomizes check time not to overload the server

rhnsd --help

The following options are available for use with rhnsd on your legacy clients:

rhnsd --help
Usage: rhnsd [OPTION...]
Spacewalk Services Daemon

  -f, --foreground           Run in foreground
  -i, --interval=MINS        Connect to Spacewalk every MINS minutes
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -V, --version              Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.