> I'm not sure if this is the proper way to do so, but I simply > remove the > alert tool from the panel. Right-click and remove from panel. > > After that, when I log out, I choose to save the current setup which > won't load it back up next time you log in. If you don't save, the > thing > keeps coming back every time you log back in. I believe that this will work for one user. I want to make it so that it will work for any user who will log in to the system. > You can also just uninstall it, it is not a required package: > > rpm -e rhn-applet > > that should do the trick. Excellent, that sounds like a better way. However, does that imply that up2date can not be configured to use a local yum repository? Alfred