Description of problem: I install 4.2.1 satellite as disconnected and then try to activate it from command line against rhn.redhat.com and got error. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhn-satellite-4.2.1-4-redhat-linux-as-i386-4-embedded-oracle.iso How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. download rhn-satellite-4.2.1-4-redhat-linux-as-i386-4-embedded-oracle.iso 2. ./install.pl --disconnected 3. set parrent in /etc/rhn/rhn.conf 4. rhn-satellite-activate --rhn-cert /root/cert Actual results: # rhn-satellite-activate --rhn-cert /root/cert RHN_PARENT: xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com ERROR: unhandled exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/rhn-satellite-activate", line 40, in ? sys.exit(abs(mod.main() or 0)) File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/rhn_satellite_activate.py", line 556, in main activateSatellite_remote(options) File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/rhn_satellite_activate.py", line 290, in activateSatellite_remote ret = s.satellite.activate_satellite(systemid, rhn_cert) File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 593, in __call__ return self._send(self._name, args) File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 323, in _request raise pe xmlrpclib.ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com /rpc/api: 500 Internal Server Error> Expected results: smooth activation Additional info: I used Red Hat GSS Lab for 4.2 cert (expire in 2008) When i activate it from RHN webui it works ok.