Bug 1485008

Summary:	subscription-manager register --type="RHUI" or --type="rhui" should both work as documented in various KBase articles
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	John Sefler <jsefler>
Component:	subscription-manager	Assignee:	Jiri Hnidek <jhnidek>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	John Sefler <jsefler>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	7.5	CC:	csnyder, jhnidek, jsefler, khowell, rbiba, redakkan, skallesh
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Regression, Triaged
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Fixed In Version:	subscription-manager-1.20.2-1	Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Last Closed:	2018-04-10 09:51:13 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description John Sefler 2017-08-24 20:06:18 UTC

Description of problem:
Changes were made in RFE Bug 1461003 to remove the ability for subscription-manager to register using the --type option.  However to maintain compatibility for RHUI consumers, the ability to specify --type="rhui" was silently kept.

The problem is that the previously accepted value for type was case insensitive and there are KBase articles that demonstrate registering with --type=RHUI and --type=rhui.  Therefore subscription-manager should maintain case insensitivity for RHUI. 

Referenced KBase Articles:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1171863
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2959581
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_update_infrastructure/3.0/html/system_administrators_guide/registration_and_subscriptions



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@jsefler-rhel7 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: Red Hat Subscription Management
subscription management server: 2.0.40-1
subscription management rules: 5.24.1
subscription-manager: 1.20.1-1.git.27.b65dbce.el7
python-rhsm: 1.20.1-1.git.0.b65dbce.el7


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
[root@jsefler-rhel7 ~]# subscription-manager register --type=RHUI
Error: The --type option has been deprecated and may not be used.
[root@jsefler-rhel7 ~]# subscription-manager register --type=rHuI
Error: The --type option has been deprecated and may not be used.
[root@jsefler-rhel7 ~]# subscription-manager register --type=rhui
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: qa
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 64d2e2d1-48b2-44af-836e-2eb2664e386b 
The registered system name is: jsefler-rhel7.usersys.redhat.com
[root@jsefler-rhel7 ~]# 

Actual results:
above

Expected results:
subscription-manager should allow a case-insensitive RhUi type to pass through to candlepin registration.

Additional info:

Comment 4 Shwetha Kallesh 2017-11-13 09:05:32 UTC

Verified! Subscription-manager allows case-insenstive RHUI and RHui to pass through candlepin registration
[root@dhcp35-121 rhn]# subscription-manager version
server type: Red Hat Subscription Management
subscription management server: 2.0.43-1
subscription management rules: 5.26
subscription-manager: 1.20.5-1.el7

[root@dhcp35-121 rhn]# subscription-manager register --type=RHUI
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: shwetha_tier1_test
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 5ad66de6-946b-43c7-b6f4-93e918e278cf
The registered system name is: dhcp35-121.lab.eng.blr.redhat.com
[root@dhcp35-121 rhn]# subscription-manager register --type=rHuI --force
Unregistering from: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
The system with UUID 5ad66de6-946b-43c7-b6f4-93e918e278cf has been unregistered
All local data removed
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: shwetha_tier1_test
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: bffc6857-1347-45af-a30a-130c24443eeb
The registered system name is: dhcp35-121.lab.eng.blr.redhat.com
[root@dhcp35-121 rhn]# subscription-manager register --type=rhui --force
Unregistering from: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
The system with UUID bffc6857-1347-45af-a30a-130c24443eeb has been unregistered
All local data removed
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: shwetha_tier1_test
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 5054584c-e048-4756-8731-e3876b04b239
The registered system name is: dhcp35-121.lab.eng.blr.redhat.com

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 09:51:13 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0681