Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0804 - subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements 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.

These updated packages provide the following enhancements:

  • The User Interface used generic searching and was not tied any workflow. With this update, the UI has been restructured to focus on service levels. Once a user selects a service level, the rest of the features use that service level to simplify the workflow, making the UI more intuitive for users. (BZ#768419)

  • Subscription Manager previously assumed that users requested content from the Subscription Service only (via the redhat.repo). Users who wished to use their own sources (and repos) had to manually disable the repo provided by Subscription Manager. This update adds a new configuration option which disables the creation of repo files. This option, "manage_repos=0", can be configured in the "/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf" file. Users are now able to use subscription-manager for subscription management only, and not use the content access features. (BZ#767620)

  • This update provides a new tool to migrate RHN Classic customers to the certificate-based RHN: "rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm". For more information on this tool, refer to section "Migrating Systems from RHN Classic to Certificate-based Red Hat Network" in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Deployment Guide. (BZ#749433)

  • To register against the customer portal, users had to provide username and password credentials, which could then be logged or kept in the history collection and potentially cause a security issue. With the introduction of Subscription Asset Manager, users can now use activation keys as a replacement for username/password credentials. (BZ#782433)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated subscription-manager packages, which resolve these issues and add these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
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 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-debuginfo-0.99.19-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.99.19-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.99.19-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.99.19-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.99.19-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.99.19-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.99.19-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.99.19-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.99.19-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-0.99.19-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.99.19-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.99.19-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.99.19-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-0.99.19-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.99.19-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.99.19-1.el6.src.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.99.19-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-0.99.19-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.99.19-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gnome-0.99.19-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-0.99.19-1.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information