Unable to update the server with the Red hat network
 

Hi Guys,

We have one red hat enterprise linux 5, server which is registered with the RHN, I am not able to update the server with the RHN.

when issued the following
#yum update

Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
There was an error communicating with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Error communicating with server. The message was:

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.

Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Skipping security plugin, no data
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion

Thanks & Regards

The update channel was not subscribed with the RHN, I tried to subscribe the channel and then it was updating

gpg $(up2date --gpg-flags) --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
-bash: up2date: command not found
gpg: directory `/root/.gnupg' created
gpg: new configuration file `/root/.gnupg/gpg.conf' created
gpg: WARNING: options in `/root/.gnupg/gpg.conf' are not yet active during this run
gpg: keyring `/root/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /root/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 37017186: public key "Red Hat, Inc. (release key) <security@redhat.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1

-----------
[root@cc1001-medting rpm-gpg]# yum update
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
rhel-i386-server-5 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 2.1 MB 01:39
################################################## 5516/5516
Skipping security plugin, no data
Resolving Dependencies
Skipping security plugin, no data
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for chkconfig to pack into transaction set.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 143, in main
(result, resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 441, in buildTransaction
(rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 194, in resolveDeps
self.populateTs(test=1)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 153, in populateTs
self.downloadHeader(txmbr.po)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 760, in downloadHeader
cache=repo.http_caching != 'none',
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 461, in getHeader
cache=cache,
File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 209, in _getFile
start, end, copy_local, checkfunc, text, reget, cache)
File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 298, in _noExceptionWrappingGet
return result
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'result' referenced before assignment
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Could you try yum clean all then yum update also try yum repolist

gpg $(up2date --gpg-flags) --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
-bash: up2date: command not found

You could also try yum install up2date as the system doesnt see it installed. and you will see those gpg key messages with releases a lot.

have you called your tech rep. on the telephone

that is why you are paying $$$ Red hat

up2date was superseded by yum as of RHEL 5.0