Bug 1369804 - subscription-manager requires root for --help and version
Summary: subscription-manager requires root for --help and version
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: subscription-manager
Version: 7.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: candlepin-bugs
QA Contact: John Sefler
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-08-24 12:54 UTC by Marek Haicman
Modified: 2016-09-01 19:59 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-09-01 19:59:19 UTC
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Description Marek Haicman 2016-08-24 12:54:35 UTC 
Description of problem:
When asking subscription-manager for version, or for simple usage, it still asks user for root password. This is counterintuitive as there shouldn't be a reason for this.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
server type: Red Hat Subscription Management
subscription management server: 0.9.51.11-1
subscription management rules: 5.15
subscription-manager: 1.17.10-1.el7
python-rhsm: 1.17.6-1.el7


How reproducible:
reliably

Steps to Reproduce:
1. as user, run subscription-manager --help
2. as user, run subscription-manager status
3.

Actual results:
asks for root password

Expected results:
prints requested information without root access
Comment 2 Chris Snyder 2016-09-01 19:59:19 UTC 
There is nothing that can be done with subman that does not require root. Allowing --help to be run as a user would provide no substantial benefit.
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