Bug 1036586

Summary: rhn-channel with no parameters asks for user name and password only to return its usage message
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Radek Bíba <rbiba>
Component: rhn-client-toolsAssignee: Matej Kollar <mkollar>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Pavel Studeník <pstudeni>
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Version: 6.5CC: cperry, dyordano, pstudeni
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Fixed In Version: rhn-client-tools-1.0.0.1-24-el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-07-22 07:28:48 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Radek Bíba 2013-12-02 10:21:27 UTC 
Description of problem:
# rhn-channel
Username: <filtered out>
Password: 
ERROR: you may want to specify --add, --remove or --list

This is kind of strange. Why do I have to enter my credentials if the output then contains nothing about the system's subscription? The error should be printed right away.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhn-client-tools-1.0.0.1-16.el6
Comment 1 Matej Kollar 2015-02-20 20:44:32 UTC 
Upstream work -- Spacewalk.git: ea4c950c3e7a40ece7af1daf4df85b9373f70825
Comment 4 Pavel Studeník 2015-03-17 15:44:02 UTC 
Verified with rhn-setup-gnome-1.0.0.1-31.el6.noarch.rpm

# rhn-channel
ERROR: you may want to specify --add, --remove or --list

# echo $?
0
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-07-22 07:28:48 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-1395.html