Description of problem: subscription-manager is available on Fedora, but as there is on actual concept of subscriptions, this makes little sense. Some software (like Cockpit) queries it to determine if the system needs to get registered, which is confusing to users. See https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/cockpit-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/C52QKVVRAG2QMEU7236VHXWZD27MLMEH/ for details. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Tested with subscription-manager 1.20.1-3.fc27, reported on Fedora 26 - so this is not a recent regression. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. sudo dnf install subscription-manager 2. busctl call com.redhat.SubscriptionManager /EntitlementStatus com.redhat.SubscriptionManager.EntitlementStatus check_status Actual results: i 5 5 means "registration required": https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/30c3b52320c3e73ebd7435b4fc8b0b6319985d19/src/rhsm_icon/rhsm_icon.c#L98 Expected results: None of the defined status codes are meaningful on Fedora, so the call ought to fail, or the package should not be available on Fedora in the first place.
We agree that on a system where there are no installed products certificates (ex. RHEL Server), then the status should be VALID.
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This issue still exists on current Fedora 28.
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-075821dc8f
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a675aa39fc
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-91ba32a0ff
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-075821dc8f
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-91ba32a0ff
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a675aa39fc
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
subscription-manager-1.24.2-1.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.