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Bug 2134165

Summary:	[RFE] Guest user running yum command get system not registered message even when the system is actually registered.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Rehana <redakkan>
Component:	subscription-manager	Assignee:	Jason Jerome <jajerome>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Red Hat subscription-manager QE Team <rhsm-qe>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	---	CC:	candlepin-bugs, cdonnell, jsefler, redakkan, rhsm-qe, rupatel, zpetrace
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	EasyFix, FutureFeature, Triaged
Target Release:	8.8	Flags:	pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	subscription-manager-1.28.33-1.el8	Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:		Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	2125227	Environment:
Last Closed:	2023-05-16 09:07:12 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	2125227
Bug Blocks:

Comment 1 Craig Donnelly 2022-10-19 15:45:54 UTC

>> Pre-verification against RHEL-8.8.0-20221017.2:

[root@rhel88 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.28.32-1.el8.x86_64

[root@rhel88 ~]# subscription-manager status
+-------------------------------------------+
   System Status Details
+-------------------------------------------+
Overall Status: Current

System Purpose Status: Not Specified

[root@rhel88 ~]# su - testuser
Last login: Wed Oct 19 11:29:08 EDT 2022 on pts/0

[testuser@rhel88 ~]$ yum install vim
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
Error: This command has to be run with superuser privileges (under the root user on most systems).

>> When unregistered, we see:

[root@rhel88 ~]# subscription-manager unregister
Unregistering from: subscription.rhsm.redhat.com:443/subscription
System has been unregistered.
[root@rhel88 ~]# su - testuser
Last login: Wed Oct 19 11:39:32 EDT 2022 on pts/0

[testuser@rhel88 ~]$ yum install vim
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.

Error: There are no enabled repositories in "/etc/yum.repos.d", "/etc/yum/repos.d", "/etc/distro.repos.d".

>> LGTM, pre-verified.

Comment 2 Zdenek Petracek 2022-11-04 14:27:37 UTC

Final verification on the SM version:
[root@kvm-02-guest05 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 4.2.10-1
subscription management rules: 5.43
subscription-manager: 1.28.32-1.el8

Registering the system:
[root@kvm-02-guest05 ~]# subscription-manager register
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: zpetracePH03
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 9a1e7bd1-2d17-45c1-8519-1340ebcd3320
The registered system name is: kvm-02-guest05.rhts.eng.brq.redhat.com

[root@kvm-02-guest05 ~]# subscription-manager attach --auto
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 Beta
Status:       Subscribed

[root@kvm-02-guest05 ~]# subscription-manager status
+-------------------------------------------+
   System Status Details
+-------------------------------------------+
Overall Status: Current

System Purpose Status: Not Specified

Switching to testuser and running yum command:
[root@kvm-02-guest05 ~]# su - testuser

[testuser@kvm-02-guest05 ~]$ yum install zsh
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
Error: This command has to be run with superuser privileges (under the root user on most systems).

^^ message "This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register." was not included => final verification PASSED

Comment 3 John Sefler 2022-11-07 17:14:06 UTC

In comment 1 and comment 2 above, the tests appear to pass (without reporting "This system is not registered with an entitlement server." message) when yum install is attempted as a non-root user when run against subscription-manager-1.28.32-1.   This should not be passing since subscription-manager-1.28.32-1 is older than the fixed-in version.

The reason they appear to pass is due to the attached entitlements.  If you do not auto-attach the system with entitlements, then subscription-manager-1.28.32-1 will incorrectly report "This system is not registered with an entitlement server." when the yum install command is run as a non-root user.

Here is a better reproducer of the failure...

[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.28.32-1.el8.x86_64
[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# 
[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# subscription-manager register
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: stage_rhsmqe_testuser01
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 8af169ec-7d17-47d6-b322-228d64f90d80
The registered system name is: ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10.ibm2.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com
[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# 
[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# useradd guestuser
[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# 
[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# su - guestuser -c "yum install zsh -y"
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.  <========= FAILED (THIS SYSTEM IS REGISTERED)

Error: There are no enabled repositories in "/etc/yum.repos.d", "/etc/yum/repos.d", "/etc/distro.repos.d".
[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# 





OR when run on a system that has access to non-entitled repos (e.g. Beaker repos)


[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]# su - guestuser -c "yum install zsh -y"
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.  <========= FAILED (THIS SYSTEM IS REGISTERED)

Error: This command has to be run with superuser privileges (under the root user on most systems).
[root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-10 ~]#

Comment 7 Zdenek Petracek 2022-11-09 13:42:43 UTC

Version of SM:
[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 4.2.10-1
subscription management rules: 5.43
subscription-manager: 1.28.32-1.el8

On unregistered system:
[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# subscription-manager status
+-------------------------------------------+
   System Status Details
+-------------------------------------------+
Overall Status: Unknown

System Purpose Status: Unknown

[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# yum install zsh
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.  <--- message is correctly shown here

Last metadata expiration check: 1:04:58 ago on Wed 09 Nov 2022 01:18:14 PM CET.
Dependencies resolved.

On registered system:
[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# subscription-manager register
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: zpetracePH03
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 58ec36de-c960-47da-a923-143238659e79
The registered system name is: kvm-02-guest09.rhts.eng.brq.redhat.com

[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# useradd testuser
[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# su - testuser

[testuser@kvm-02-guest09 ~]$ yum install zsh
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.  <--- reproducing the bug here, the message should not appear here

Error: This command has to be run with superuser privileges (under the root user on most systems).



Updating SM version:
[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 4.2.10-1
subscription management rules: 5.43
subscription-manager: 1.28.33-1.git.0.34a04aa.el8

On unregistered system:
[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# subscription-manager status
+-------------------------------------------+
   System Status Details
+-------------------------------------------+
Overall Status: Unknown

System Purpose Status: Unknown

[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# yum install zsh
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.  <--- message is correctly shown here

Last metadata expiration check: 1:11:30 ago on Wed 09 Nov 2022 01:18:14 PM CET.
Dependencies resolved.

On registered system:
[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# subscription-manager register
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: zpetracePH03
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: dc215cea-b3a2-4115-a537-74ff061b0da9
The registered system name is: kvm-02-guest09.rhts.eng.brq.redhat.com

[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# useradd guestuser
[root@kvm-02-guest09 ~]# su - guestuser

[guestuser@kvm-02-guest09 ~]$ yum install zsh
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
Error: This command has to be run with superuser privileges (under the root user on most systems).

^^ the error is no longer shown here -- PASSED

Comment 12 Zdenek Petracek 2022-11-22 15:59:40 UTC

I reviewed the test results and therefore moving the status from ON_QA to VERIFIED

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 09:07:12 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 (subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update), 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-2023:2984