Is rhnsd necessary if we're using yum for updates?

[William Hooper]

Clint Harshaw said:
> I'm trying to shut off any services that aren't necessary, so I'm
> wondering if rhnsd is necessary if I'm using yum to carry out updates
> via mirrors.

No, it is not necessary.  That being said, it's not doing anything anyway
because the first thing /etc/init.d/rhnsd does is:

# Sanity checks.
[ -x /usr/sbin/rhnsd ] || exit 0
[ -f /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid ] || exit 0

Which means it exits if you don't have a systemid (which you would only
have if you upgraded from a previous RH version, or accidently tried to
hook up to RHN).

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William Hooper