rhncfg-manager command throws "xmlrpclib.ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for localhost:443: 403 Forbidden>"

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Issue

  • rhncfg-manager throws following error when trying to run it from Satellite server itself:

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    xmlrpclib.ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for localhost:443: 403 Forbidden> 
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    Exception Handler Information
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/share/rhn/server/apacheServer.py", line 58, in __call__
        ret = f(req)
      File "/usr/share/rhn/server/apacheHandler.py", line 198, in handler
        ret = self._req_processor.process()
      File "/usr/share/rhn/server/apacheRequest.py", line 465, in process
        params, method = self.decode(_body)
      File "/usr/share/rhn/server/apacheRequest.py", line 389, in decode
        self.parser.feed(data)
      File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/xmlrpclib.py", line 527, in feed
        self._parser.Parse(data, 0)
    ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 1
    #######
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Satellite version 5.3

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