Redhat and Suse Linux Registration

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi

I am using Redhat EL 4 and Suse 9 and 10 Enterprise edition.

How to view whether they are registerd in respective vendors (Redhat and Suse).

How to register the Redhat and Suse if not registered?

[Court Campbell · Accepted solution]

For RHEL4. simply running up2date is going to tell you a whole lot. If up2date is working then it is registered. If not, it will let you know. Then you can run "up2date --register" or my favorite "up2date-nox --register".

I have no idea about Suse. You might look in yast and see if there is anything that sticks out.

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi Court Campbell,


what is ""up2date-nox --register".

Pls explain the diffrence between both.

[Court Campbell]

one uses X ad the other is a tui. nox literally means "no X". But in the end it does not matter. You'll find out if you are registered in either case.

[Maaz]

for SUSE

via YaST you can register a SUSE machine

click on 'Computer' > YaST > 'Novell Customer Center'

To check either your machine is registered,
go to www.novell.com/center

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi Court Campbell,

Redhat Linux:

I am using Rhel 4.

It was asking following details when i used the command "up2date --register" in rhel4.

Username :

Password :

Email Address:


So i think it is not being registerd.

How to get the username, password and mail address?

is it free?

or How to get the license?

what is the problem if we are using with out registeration?

Pls expalin all the advantages and disadvantages of the registering the redhat with RHN.


Hi Maaz,

Suse Linux:

I am using Suse EL 10.2.

I used follwoing to get the registration prompt.

Yast --> software --> 'Novell Customer Center'

Then i got the message that a web page will be opened There we have to enter the info.

What are informaitons are needed?

How to get the username, password and mail address?

is it free?

or How to get the license?

what is the problem if we are using with out registeration?

Pls expalin all the advantages and disadvantages of the registering the redhat with RHN.

Online Update:

When i tried online update "yast --> software --> online update"

I am getting message "No Patches available".

So do you think that my suse is registered and patches are not available?

what it really means "No patches available"?

[Court Campbell]

>> Pls expalin all the advantages and disadvantages of the registering the redhat with RHN.

I am not a sales person, so I would rather not. You are supposed to have at least a basic subscription in order to use RHEL. I'm not you daddy, so I can't force you to buy one. With the subscription you get updates and support from Red Hat. You can always find other ways to get updates, but the subscription really is not that expensive.

If you decide to buy a subscription, or already have one; you will need to create a profile on rhn. Go to the site and create an account. You will have to look around, but there is a section for adding subscriptions. If you have trouble doing that, call Red Hat support. They are always happy to help.\

Once registered you can buy subscriptions online. But if you want, you can always run Fedora, or CentOS. I have done that in the past.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Red Hat requires you to register and have support purchased on all systems. While I think that is a questionable interpretation of the GNU license, it is what you agree to when you buy Red Hat. Knowing RH has no right to sell the software, they don't own it.

You can get a binary compatible copy of RH that you need not register by going to http://centos.org and using their recompile.

RH support is valuable, what you are paying for besides that is the copyrighted logos of Red Hat.

SEP

[Maaz]

>Then i got the message that a web page will be opened There we have to enter the info.
>What are informaitons are needed?
>How to get the username, password and mail address?
you can create an account on novell for free.
before registering a machine with Novell, you need an account on novell.
The Novell account, you create will associate with your email address.
during the registeration process, you have to provide the same email address(associated with Novell account), on the web page.
this registeration enables you to download patches/fixes/updates upto almost 60 days, then your subscription will expire and to get updates/patches/fixes you need to buy subscription

>is it free?
Yes, but if you need updates/fixes/patches from Novell, then you have to buy subscription

>or How to get the license?
search SUSE distributer/Novell Sales rep
or
http://www.novell.com/company/sales_call_request_popup.html

>what is the problem if we are using with out registeration?
nothing.. but if you think updates/fixes and support are necessary then registeration is required


>When i tried online update "yast --> software --> online update"
>I am getting message "No Patches available".
>So do you think that my suse is registered and patches are not available?
Yes I think, your SUSE is not registered, because there are hundreds of fixes/updates/patches available for SLE 10 SP2
You can check your subscription status at http://www.novell.com/center


Regards

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi maaz,

I registered my details in following location "http://www.novell.com/center" and get username and password.


You said that it is valid for 60days.

Now i want to register my Suse OS using the above username and password.

So that i followed following steps.

Yast --> software ---> Novell Customer Center

But it is giving Following message.

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Manual Interaction Required
Web browser will start in which to complete
the configuration on the opened Web site.
Needed Information
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
Personal identification (mandatory) with:
* E-mail address

* Activation code for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (manTo
register your product manually, use the following URL:

https://secure-www.novell.com/center/regsvc-1.0/?lang=en-US&guid=1ef
. nformation on Novell's Privacy Policy:
Submit information to help you manage your registered systems.

http://www.novell.com/company/policies/privacy/textonly.html

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So how to enter my username, password and email address (Those are registered in SuSE).

Pls guide me.

[wahome]

To check SuSE registration use the rug command.

Ensure an update channel is available:
rug ca. There should be a "SLES10-Updates" channel.
If there is no channel available, go through the NCC configuration as folows
yast2 inst_suse_register

List available updates: rug lu.
Install specific updates: rug in.
For example: rug in gpg2.
Install all updates from all channels: rug up.