[rhn-users] Using an exisitng registration

[MJang]

Cliff, Mairin, 

It works now that I have RHEL 5 final installed, thank you. Strangely
enough, when I left out the --password, I wasn't prompted for it.

Thanks,
Mike

On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 14:44 -0500, Clifford Perry wrote:
> May I suggest you re-try, but this time without the username/password 
> options. just --activationkey= and --force (if needed)
> 
> Cliff.
> 
> MJang wrote:
> > Dear Cliff,
> > 
> > I appreciate your insight, but it didn't work. I checked again, and do
> > have provisioning entitlements (currently filled). Any further advice
> > that you might have would be appreciated.
> > 
> > It seems like I had to enter the password at the console in clear text,
> > which would have been bad if a shoulder surfer were around.
> > 
> > I ran (substituting for actual username, etc):
> > # rhnreg_ks --username xxxxxx --password yyyyyyy --activationkey zzzzzzz
> > 
> > Error Message:
> >     Registration failed: RHN Software Management service entitlements
> > exhausted
> > Error Class Code: 91
> > Error Class Info: Registration token unable to entitle system: maximum
> > membership exceeded
> > 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.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > 
> > On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 09:52 -0500, Clifford Perry wrote:
> >> Yes. *If* you have provisioning entitlement, you can create a 
> >> reactivation key and use that key with the rhnreg_ks command to 
> >> re-register a system and for it to pick up its old system profile. Link 
> >> to a section in the RHN Reference guide below:
> >>
> >> https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/help/reference/rhn415/en/s1-sm-systems.jsp#S5-SM-SYSTEM-DETAILS-REACT
> >> 6.4.2.8.1.4. System Details ⇒ Details ⇒ Reactivation
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Cliff.
> >>
> >> MJang wrote:
> >>> Folks, 
> >>>
> >>> Just wondering if there's any way to use an existing registration when
> >>> doing a fresh install - 
> >>>
> >>> so I don't have to delete and reconfigure stuff for an existing machine
> >>> on the RHN.
> >>>
> >>> Thnaks,
> >>> Mike
> >>>
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