On 06/30/2012 12:57 PM, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 12:44 -0600, JD wrote:
> # yum -y update
> Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, downloadonly, etckeeper,
> langpacks, presto, priorities, product-id, refresh-packagekit,
> : subscription-manager
> Updating certificate-based repositories.
> Unable to read consumer identity
>
> This machine has not been registered and therefore has
> no access to security and other critical updates. Please
> register using subscription-manager.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This is the first time I see the registration thing.
> Why is this being done?
> Why does anyone have to register their machine?
> I see no reason for this other than monitoring people's machines.
> This is totally unacceptable.
I'm guessing the subscription-manager yum plugin is for RHEL and
shouldn't be installed on a Fedora machine. And Red Hat does want to
validate that your RHEL subscription before using them for updates.
Anyhow, a quick check in yum shows that both product-id and
subscription-manager aren't in the Fedora repositories. Removing them
(again, assuming you're on a Fedora machine) should fix the error
message.
Jonathan
Thank you Jonathan. That was it.
subscription-manager-1.0.3-1.fc16.i686
It came from fc16 updates repo.
To wit:
# yum list installed subscription-manager product-id
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, downloadonly, etckeeper,
langpacks, presto, priorities, product-id, refresh-packagekit,
: subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This machine has not been registered and therefore has
no access to security and other critical updates. Please
register using subscription-manager.
Installed Packages
subscription-manager.i686
1.0.3-1.fc16 @updates
I will remove it.