# Checking SLES subscription status?

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/checking-sles-subscription-status/24666>\
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [October 25, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/checking-sles-subscription-status/24666 "2013-10-25T10:12:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![agenda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@agenda](https://forums.suse.com/u/agenda)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/checking-sles-subscription-status/24666/1 "2013-10-25T10:12:03Z")

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Hello,

we’re currently in a process of taking over administration of a SLES 10 server with (possibly expired?) subscription, but have no idea when it’s due and what Novell account it’s subscribed with.

How can we check the subscriptions status (i.e. expiry date, portal account, …) with having only ‘root’ CLI access?

Regards,

Danilo

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/checking-sles-subscription-status/24666/2 "2013-10-25T14:23:13Z")

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> On Fri 25 Oct 2013 07:14:02 AM CDT, agenda wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> we’re currently in a process of taking over administration of a SLES 10  
> server with (possibly expired?) subscription, but have no idea when it’s  
> due and what Novell account it’s subscribed with.
> 
> How can we check the subscriptions status (i.e. expiry date, portal  
> account, …) with having only ‘root’ CLI access?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Danilo

Hi  
Have you tried to refresh the repositories with the rug command? If you  
can refresh then it’s still active. I will need to check with my SUSE  
contacts about the rest.

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**Author:** ![mikewillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mikewillis](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikewillis)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/checking-sles-subscription-status/24666/3 "2013-10-25T15:13:54Z")

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[QUOTE=agenda;17088]Hello,  
we’re currently in a process of taking over administration of a SLES 10 server with (possibly expired?) subscription, but have no idea when it’s due and what Novell account it’s subscribed with.  
[/QUOTE]  
A question to ask if you haven’t already, is whether the version you’re using is still supported and what sort of support your subscription covers, including whether you have Long Term Service Pack Support [https://www.suse.com/support/programs/long-term-service-pack-support.html](https://www.suse.com/support/programs/long-term-service-pack-support.html)  
[http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/](http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/) indicates that all versions of SLES 10 are now out General Support. Detailed life cycle info is at [http://support.novell.com/inc/lifecycle/linux.html](http://support.novell.com/inc/lifecycle/linux.html)

You can see which version of SLES you have with

```auto
$ cat /etc/SuSE-release
```