Description of problem:

I have a fresh RHEL 6.1 install, registered, yum update'd. I follow the instructions at http://aeolusproject.org/get_it.html

# rhn-channel --add --channel=rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6

and get the error:

Error communicating with server. The message was:

Error Class Code: 37
Error Class Info: You are not allowed to perform administrative tasks              on this system.
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.

which gives 2 results in google.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)


How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install rhel 6.1
2. register and update
3. run rhn-channel --add --channel=rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

I am told this may be related to permissions in my RHN account, but I really have no idea how to check them.verify this.