RHN related commands like rhn_register or yum-updatesd fail with "undefined symbol: dbus_watch_get_unix_fd"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • rhn_register command fails with undefined symbol: dbus_watch_get_unix_fd error.
  • yum-updatesd fails with undefined symbol: dbus_watch_get_unix_fd error on system registered with RHN.

Environment

  • Red Hat Network(RHN)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
  • dbus-python-0.70-7.el5

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