Issued:
2011-06-27
Updated:
2011-06-27

RHBA-2011:0902 - subscription-manager bug fix update

Synopsis

subscription-manager bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Subscription Manager tool allows users to understand the specific products which have been installed on their machines, and the specific subscriptions which their machines are consuming.

Warning: Before applying this update, there is a manual step that you may need to perform. This step assumes that you are using the new subscription manager entitlement tooling to apply software updates. If you are encountering an "[Errno 14] problem with the local client certificate" error message when executing yum commands, you will need to run the following commands as root:

rm -f /etc/pki/entitlement/*

subscription-manager refresh

Note that systems that are using Red Hat Network Classic for software entitlement updates do not need to perform this manual step before applying this errata update.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When the subscription-manager utility had been upgraded, it put incorrect data to the sslclientkey repository parameter value. Consequently, when the yum utility was executed to install a software, yum terminated with the "[Errno 14] problem with the local client certificate" error message. The bug in subscription-manager has been fixed and yum can now be run without any certificate errors. (BZ#712409)

  • Previously, running the firstboot utility with the "-r" option, while the subscription-manager-firstboot utility was already installed, caused firstboot to terminate with a traceback; firstboot also failed to display a message stating that the computer was already registered with Red Hat Network. This bug has been fixed, firstboot now displays the warning message properly and no tracebacks are issued in the described scenario. (BZ#712128)

  • Two variations were used in the ProductName parameter for the workstation subscription: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation" and "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation". As a consequence, users running the "subscription-manager list --installed" command, while subscribed to the "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation" subscription, got a misleading report. With this update, the ProductId parameter is used instead to compare subscriptions in the described scenario, and the bug no longer occurs. (BZ#712130)

  • Previously, the "Start Date" and "End Date" fields in the Contract Selection dialog window of the subscription-manager-gui utility were not populated. With this update, the dates are displayed as expected. (BZ#712408)

All users of subscription-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI)6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.1i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.1ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.1s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.95.17-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.95.17-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.95.17-1.el6_1.src.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.95.17-1.el6_1.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.95.17-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.95.17-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.95.17-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.95.17-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.95.17-1.el6_1.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.95.17-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.95.17-1.el6_1.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.95.17-1.el6_1.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.95.17-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.95.17-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.95.17-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.95.17-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.95.17-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information