Description of problem:
A new subscription-manager module called "auto-attach" has been implemented that is simply used to enable/disable a flag on the registered consumer.  When the flag is true, then the system will attempt to auto-attach subscriptions at the next check-in time determined by the rhsmcertd.autoAttachInterval (configured in /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf).  When the flag is false, the system will NOT attempt to auto-attach subscriptions for any incompliant products or partial subscriptions at the next autoAttachInterval check-in time.


[root@jsefler-5 ~]# subscription-manager --help
Usage: subscription-manager MODULE-NAME [MODULE-OPTIONS] [--help]

Primary Modules:

  attach         Attach a specified subscription to the registered system
  list           List subscription and product information for this system
  refresh        Pull the latest subscription data from the server
  register       Register this system to the Customer Portal or another subscription management service
  release        Configure which operating system release to use
  remove         Remove all or specific subscriptions from this system
  status         Show status information for this system's subscriptions and products
  unregister     Unregister this system from the Customer Portal or another subscription management service

Other Modules:

  auto-attach    Set if this system runs auto-attach each check-in
  clean          Remove all local system and subscription data without affecting the server
  config         List, set, or remove the configuration parameters in use by this system
  environments   Display the environments available for a user
  facts          View or update the detected system information
  identity       Display the identity certificate for this system or request a new one
  import         Import certificates which were provided outside of the tool
  orgs           Display the organizations against which a user can register a system
  plugins        View and configure subscription-manager plugins
  redeem         Attempt to redeem a subscription for a preconfigured system
  repos          List the repositories which this system is entitled to use
  service-level  Manage service levels for this system
  subscribe      Deprecated, see attach
  unsubscribe    Deprecated, see remove
  version        Print version information


  ^^^^^^^ SEE new Other Module "auto-attach"



[root@jsefler-5 ~]# subscription-manager auto-attach --help
Usage: subscription-manager auto-attach [OPTIONS]

Set if this system runs auto-attach each check-in

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
  --enable              try to attach subscriptions for uncovered products
                        each check-in
  --disable             do not try to automatically attach subscriptions each
                        check-in
  --show                show the current auto-attach preference




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@jsefler-5 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 0.8.16-1
subscription-manager: 1.8.13-1.git.1.ba56998.el5
python-rhsm: 1.8.13-1.git.1.fe553db.el5
[root@jsefler-5 ~]# man -P cat subscription-manager | tail -1
version 2.7                      May 23, 2013          subscription-manager(8)