Prompt "Invalid username or password" when using subscription-manager to register
Issue
- When using the
subscription-manager register
command to register a system with--username
and--password
option, and the password contains a special character like$
/^
/#
, it will return theInvalid username or password
error.
# subscription-manager register --username=XXXXX --password=XXXX$XXXX
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.redhat.com:443/subscription
Invalid username or password. To create a login, please visit https://www.redhat.com/wapps/ugc/register.html
- But, if we use the
subscription-manager register
command and enter the password manually, it's okay and the system could register to RHSM.
# subscription-manager register
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: XXXXX
Password:
The system has been registered with ID: XXXXXXXXXX
- And we can use the same username and password to login Red Hat Customer Portal.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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