When the following is run...

    % subscription-manager register --force --username=usera --password=something

...the API is hit to get the owners (aka organizations) for the user. If there is just one org, then it is passed as a parameter to the API registering the system. If the user belongs to more than one, then the param is omitted.

This causes problems with katello/headpin: If an org is specified, then the one environment for that org is used as the destination for the system. Of course if there is more than one environment in the organization, then an error is returned to sub-mgr and the command fails.

This defeats the purpose of having a default organization and environment for the user: Since no org was explicitly specified on the sub-mgr command line, it is implied that the default org/env be used to register the system.

Of course I can put in code like, "If org is specified and it matches the default org for the user and the user belongs to only one org, then use the default env. Otherwise use the environment of that org but only if it has one environment."

So... Should sub-mgr really be passing an owner parameter when none was specified on the command line? Shouldn't the receiving API (be it candlepin or katello) determine the behavior?

Your thoughts (in a timely manner) much appreciated!

Tom