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[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
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
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.