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Description of problem: I am updating patches in a Red Hat Linux 4.8, server. I happen to com upon the below mentioned error once I execute the command "up2date -l". =============================== ERROR MESSAGE STARTS HERE =============================== [root@bg2803l ~]# up2date -l Error Message: Please run rhn_register (or up2date --register on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or later) as root on this client Error Class Code: 9 Error Class Info: Invalid System Credentials. Explanation: An error has occurred while processing your request. If this problem persists please enter a bug report at bugzilla.redhat.com. If you choose to submit the bug report, please be sure to include details of what you were trying to do when this error occurred and details on how to reproduce this problem. [root@bg2803l ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 8) [root@bg2803l ~]# uname -a Linux bg2803l 2.6.9-78.0.1.EL #1 Tue Jul 22 17:50:18 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_ 64 GNU/Linux [root@bg2803l ~]# uptime 08:48:33 up 3 days, 21:28, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.05, 0.04 [root@bg2803l ~]# whoami root =============================== ERROR MESSAGE ENDS HERE =============================== 1. Why I am getting this error message? 2. What I have to do to come over this? Kindly assist me here!! Thank You so much! Best regards, Noel Benjamin
As the error message state: you must first register to rhn.redhat.com using command: up2date --register and use login and password, which you obtained when you buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription.