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.
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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