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Bug 735212

Summary: subscription-manager import help should say --certificate=CERTIFICATE_FILE
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: John Sefler <jsefler>
Component: subscription-managerAssignee: Bryan Kearney <bkearney>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: John Sefler <jsefler>
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Version: 6.2CC: skallesh, spandey, wpoteat
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Description John Sefler 2011-09-01 20:01:07 UTC 
Description of problem:
Currently, the import help shows the following:

[root@jsefler-onprem-62server tmp]# subscription-manager import --help
Usage: subscription-manager import [OPTIONS]

Import certificates which were provided outside of the tool

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --proxy=PROXY_URL     proxy url in the form of proxy_hostname:proxy_port
  --proxyuser=PROXY_USER
                        user for http proxy with basic authentication
  --proxypassword=PROXY_PASSWORD
                        password for http proxy with basic authentication
  --certificate=CERTIFICATE_FILES
                        certificate file to import

The option "--certificate=CERTIFICATE_FILES" should not be plural. The accepted way to import multiple certificates is to use the option more than once as shown here:

[root@jsefler-onprem-62server tmp]# subscription-manager import --certificate /tmp/1665296392807349022.pem --certificate /tmp/7179435381166267109.pem 
Successfully imported certificate 1665296392807349022.pem
Successfully imported certificate 7179435381166267109.pem
[root@jsefler-onprem-62server tmp]# 

I would suggest that the help message say:

  --certificate=CERTIFICATE_FILE
                        certificate file to import (for multiple imports,
                        specify this option more than once)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@jsefler-onprem-62server tmp]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-0.96.8-1.git.0.125eb68.el6.x86_64
Comment 2 John Sefler 2011-09-09 13:36:51 UTC 
Verifying Version...
[root@jsefler-onprem-62server ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-0.96.9-1.git.8.4e7d06b.el6.x86_64


[root@jsefler-onprem-62server ~]# subscription-manager import --help
Usage: subscription-manager import [OPTIONS]

Import certificates which were provided outside of the tool

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --proxy=PROXY_URL     proxy url in the form of proxy_hostname:proxy_port
  --proxyuser=PROXY_USER
                        user for http proxy with basic authentication
  --proxypassword=PROXY_PASSWORD
                        password for http proxy with basic authentication
  --certificate=CERTIFICATE_FILE
                        certificate file to import (for multiple imports,
                        specify this option more than once)


^^^ VERIFIED wording on --certificate option has been updated

Note: Still need a fix for Bug 733873 - subscription-manager import --help should not use proxy options
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 17:23:54 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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1695.html