Bug 1107810

Summary: help message for subscription-manager identity --force
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Shwetha Kallesh <skallesh>
Component: subscription-managerAssignee: Bryan Kearney <bkearney>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: John Sefler <jsefler>
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Version: 6.6CC: bkearney, fsharath, jesusr, skallesh
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Cause: ambiguous help message for --force Consequence: n/a Fix: add text to clarify when to use --force Result: help text identifies when the --force should be used
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Last Closed: 2014-10-14 07:47:05 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Shwetha Kallesh 2014-06-10 16:52:18 UTC
Description of problem:
help message for subscription-manager identity --force should have the string  "only used with --regenerate"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

[root@dhcp-0-144 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: Red Hat Subscription Management
subscription management server: 0.9.18-1
subscription-manager: 1.12.1-1.el6
python-rhsm: 1.11.5-1.el6

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
[root@dhcp-0-144 ~]# subscription-manager identity --help | grep force -A1
  --force               force certificate regeneration (requires username and
                        password)
[root@dhcp-0-144 ~]# subscription-manager identity --force
--force can only be used with --regenerate


Actual results:
[root@dhcp-0-144 ~]# subscription-manager identity --help | grep force -A1
  --force               force certificate regeneration (requires username and
                        password)

Expected results:
[root@dhcp-0-144 ~]# subscription-manager identity --help | grep force -A1
  --force               force certificate regeneration (requires username and
                        password);only used with --regenerate

Additional info:

Comment 3 Shwetha Kallesh 2014-07-03 18:28:23 UTC
Marking verified!

[root@dhcp-0-177 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: RHN Classic and Red Hat Subscription Management
subscription management server: 0.9.20-1
subscription management rules: 5.10
subscription-manager: 1.12.7-1.el6
python-rhsm: 1.12.4-1.el6


[root@dhcp-0-177 ~]# subscription-manager identity --help | grep force -A1
  --force               force certificate regeneration (requires username and
                        password); Only used with --regenerate

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-10-14 07:47:05 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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1384.html