How to override yum repository option using subscription-manager?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 and above

Issue

• How to override yum repository option using subscription-manager?

For example:

1. How to change the gpgcheck value in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo using subscription-manager?
2. How to change the metadata_expire value in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo using subscription-manager ?

Resolution

• To override the values in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo file, 'repo-override' option can be used with subscription-manager.

  For example 1:
# subscription-manager repo-override --repo=rhel-7-server-rpms --add=gpgcheck:1

  For example 2: 
# subscription-manager repo-override --repo=rhel-7-server-rpms --add=metadata_expire:5s

For more information:
# subscription-manager repo-override --help

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