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Bug 1782910 - subscription-manager plugin makes dnf to print logs on console when run as regular user
Summary: subscription-manager plugin makes dnf to print logs on console when run as re...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: subscription-manager
Version: 8.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Chris Snyder
QA Contact: Red Hat subscription-manager QE Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 1781086 1788322
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-12-12 15:55 UTC by Marek Blaha
Modified: 2022-05-02 04:47 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2020-04-28 16:54:53 UTC
Type: Bug
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Github candlepin subscription-manager pull 2208 0 None closed 1782910: Log errors in logging set up after set up completes 2020-11-12 14:07:31 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-31622 0 None None None 2022-05-02 04:47:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:1849 0 None None None 2020-04-28 16:55:13 UTC

Comment 8 Shwetha Kallesh 2020-02-06 05:09:46 UTC
Reproducer:

[theuser@kvm-01-guest22 ~]$ rpm -q dnf-plugin-subscription-manager
dnf-plugin-subscription-manager-1.26.9-1.el8.x86_64


[root@kvm-01-guest22 ~]# su - theuser
Last login: Thu Feb  6 05:56:16 CET 2020 on pts/0
[theuser@kvm-01-guest22 ~]$ dnf update
ERROR:root:[Errno 17] File exists: '/var/log/rhsm/' - Further output will be written to stderr
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
INFO:dnf.plugin:Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
DEBUG:dnf:DNF version: 4.0.9
DDEBUG:dnf:Command: dnf update 
DDEBUG:dnf:Installroot: /
DDEBUG:dnf:Releasever: 8
DEBUG:dnf:cachedir: /var/tmp/dnf-theuser-nswhjf9w
DDEBUG:dnf:Base command: update
DDEBUG:dnf:Extra commands: ['update']
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 1 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 1 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DEBUG:dnf:Unknown configuration option: enable_metadata = 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
DDEBUG:dnf:Cleaning up.
SUBDEBUG:dnf:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 64, in main
    return _main(base, args, cli_class, option_parser_class)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 99, in _main
    return cli_run(cli, base)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 115, in cli_run
    cli.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/cli.py", line 1124, in run
    self._process_demands()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/cli.py", line 807, in _process_demands
    raise dnf.exceptions.Error(_('This command has to be run under the root user.'))
dnf.exceptions.Error: This command has to be run under the root user.
Error: This command has to be run under the root user.
CRITICAL:dnf:Error: This command has to be run under the root user.

Comment 9 Shwetha Kallesh 2020-02-18 12:30:54 UTC
[root@kvm-02-guest11 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 2.9.21-1
subscription management rules: 5.37
subscription-manager: 1.26.11-1.el8

[root@kvm-02-guest11 ~]#  ls -la /var/log/rhsm/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root   43 Feb 18  2020 .
drwxr-xr-x. 10 root root 4096 Feb 18 05:14 ..
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root  680 Feb 18 06:52 rhsmcertd.log
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root 1050 Feb 18 06:52 rhsm.log
[root@kvm-02-guest11 ~]# adduser -m theuser
[root@kvm-02-guest11 ~]# su - theuser
[theuser@kvm-02-guest11 ~]$ dnf update
2020-02-18 07:28:51,536 [ERROR] dnf:18370:MainThread @logutil.py:193 - [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log' - Further logging output will be written to stderr
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
Error: This command has to be run under the root user.
 ^^ only error messages are printed/displayed on the console now, hence moving bug to verified state

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-28 16:54:53 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-2020:1849


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