<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.24.5"> </HEAD> <BODY> Hello all, On a mix of my RHEL/CENTOS 4 systems are getting a "Invalid function call attempted" error (below) when a remote command is scheduled. - yum/update package upgdates do not help. - Resolution from redhat knowledgebase (below) did not help either. On one system that is working fine, we cloned to new hardware and now that new system is having this issue. We of course re-registered with rhnreg_ks --force blah blah I tried removing the systemid file and regenerating the uuid in up2date-uuid file to no avail. Let me know if I can provide further information. Thanks -Josh Error from RHN_CHECK -------------------------------- rhn_check -vvvvvv D: handle_action actionid = 58601, version = 2 D: do_call script.run (58601, {'username': 'root', 'groupname': 'root', 'now': '2010-11-02 19:36:52', 'timeout': 600, 'script': '#!/bin/sh\n\necho'}) D: Attempt to call an unsupported action script.run (58601, {'username': 'root', 'groupname': 'root', 'now': '2010-11-02 19:36:52', 'timeout': 600, 'script': '#!/bin/sh\n\necho'}) D: Sending back response (6, 'Invalid function call attempted', {}) D: do_call packages.checkNeedUpdate ('rhnsd=1',) D: local action status: (0, 'rpm database not modified since last update (or package list recently updated)', {}) ------------------------------- Below is this issue in the redhat knowledgebase, however the resolution did not help. ===Excerpt from redhat knowledgebase=== Why am I getting an "Invalid function call attempted" when trying to run Remote Commands on my systems managed by the Satellite Server? Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Red Hat Satellite Server Problem: When attempting to run arbitrary scripts via the "Remote Commands" feature of the Red Hat Network Satellite Server, scripts fail to execute on the target systems with the following error code response: (6, 'Invalid function call attempted', {}) Solution: This error is usually generated because the client systems in question are not configured properly. In order to ensure that the systems receive the intended remote commands, make sure that the following criteria are met on the client systems: 1. The clients configured with a Provisioning Entitlement 2. The clients are subscribed to the Red Hat Network Tools Channel for their respective Red Hat Enteprise Linux version 3. The clients have the rhncfg, rhncfg-client, rhncfg-management, and rhncfg-actions packages installed. These packages contain the necessary client functions required for Remote Commands to execute properly. 4. Execute the following command on the client system: # rhn-actions-control --enable-run (Allow rhncfg-client the ability to execute remote scritps) In most cases, this will resolve the error and allow Remote Commands to complete successfully. ============================== </BODY> </HTML>