[rhn-users] RE rhn_register protocol error

[Guillaume-externe DELACOUR]

This was a network filtering problem.

Solved on my side !




Guillaume-externe DELACOUR/E/EDFGDF/FR 
05/12/2008 15:16

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rhn_register protocol error





Hello,

I have a problem to register my 5.2 system. When i launch rhn_register 
(with -v argument), i have the following message (/var/log/up2date 
indicates same errors):

[Fri Dec  5 13:26:50 2008] rhn_register A protocol error occurred: 
Forbidden , attempt #1,
[Fri Dec  5 13:26:55 2008] rhn_register A protocol error occurred: 
Forbidden , attempt #2,
[Fri Dec  5 13:27:00 2008] rhn_register A protocol error occurred: 
Forbidden , attempt #3,
[Fri Dec  5 13:27:05 2008] rhn_register A protocol error occurred: 
Forbidden , attempt #4,
[Fri Dec  5 13:27:10 2008] rhn_register A protocol error occurred: 
Forbidden , attempt #5,

and the register first step don't work.

The message was reported by exception "except rpclib.ProtocolError, e:" in 
/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py file:
# grep "protocol error occurred" *
rpcServer.py:            log.log_me("A protocol error occurred: %s , 
attempt #%s," % (


There is an auth proxy on my network and the rhn tools are configured like 
this (/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date):

############################################
# Automatically generated Red Hat Update Agent config file, do not edit.
# Format: 1.0
versionOverride[comment]=Override the automatically determined system 
version
versionOverride=

enableProxyAuth[comment]=To use an authenticated proxy or not
enableProxyAuth=1

networkRetries[comment]=Number of attempts to make at network connections 
before giving up
networkRetries=5

enableProxy[comment]=Use a HTTP Proxy
enableProxy=1

serverURL[comment]=Remote server URL
serverURL=https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC

proxyPassword[comment]=The password to use for an authenticated proxy
proxyPassword=xxxxxx

noSSLServerURL[comment]=None
noSSLServerURL=http://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC

proxyUser[comment]=The username for an authenticated proxy
proxyUser=xxxxxxxx

disallowConfChanges[comment]=Config options that can not be overwritten by 
a config update action
disallowConfChanges=noReboot;sslCACert;useNoSSLForPackages;noSSLServerURL;serverURL;disallowConfChanges;

sslCACert[comment]=The CA cert used to verify the ssl server
sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT

debug[comment]=Whether or not debugging is enabled
debug=1

httpProxy[comment]=HTTP proxy in host:port format, e.g. 
squid.redhat.com:3128
httpProxy=myproxyaddress:3128

systemIdPath[comment]=Location of system id
systemIdPath=/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid

noReboot[comment]=Disable the reboot actions
noReboot=0
############################################

I see at the top of this file that it is automaticly generated but by 
which command ?
Maybe this is a firewall problem on my side ?
Parallely, i'm trying to connect to remote server 
https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC via wget and proxy option.

I don't have command up2date on don't find it in any packages that i have 
(5.2 DVD) mentionned on RedHat Network documentation (maybe i don't read 
the correct).

Thanks in advance.


System informations:
# rhn_register --version
rhn_register (Red Hat Network Client Tools) 0.4.17-8.el5

# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 (brewbuilder at hs20-bc2-4.build.redhat.com) 
(gcc version 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)) #1 SMP Wed Nov 5 09:00:19 
EST 2008

# more /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)


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