Hello All,
I am new to linux .. I am trying to install snmp on my linux box so that I can monitor performance etc in solarwinds. However when I run the following command as root
# yum install net-snmp-utils net-snmp-libs net-snmp

I get the following error below:

[root@linux~]# yum install net-snmp-utils net-snmp-libs net-snmp
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
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 85, in main
base.getOptionsConfig(args)
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 199, in getOptionsConfig
errorlevel=opts.errorlevel)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 134, in doConfigSetup
self.plugins.run('init')
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 153, in run
func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 76, in init_hook
login_info = up2dateAuth.getLoginInfo()
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 139, in getLoginInfo
login()
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 98, in login
li = server.up2date.login(systemId)
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 64, in __call__
raise up2dateErrors.SSLCertificateVerifyFailedError()
up2date_client.up2dateErrors.SSLCertificateVerifyFailedError: The SSL certificate failed verification.

Any insite on this on what I might be missing

this is the OLD RHEL5
so you are using the current 5.11 ?

from that output it looks like you needed a newer python than is installed by default in the LEGACY hardware OS
( rhel5 is starting to show it's age - a generation of code old )

you can NOT !!! replace python !!!
-- a big no no !!!

now you can install in a "side by side" set up a second and newer version of python

but now you have a busted "yum" and busted "rpm"
the TWO programs you need to install software with

the program you need to use to fix it is broken


contact redhat tech-support
you will have to manually replace the version of python you installed with the version in the RHN updates


redhat tech support can walk you through this