Unable to download packages through the RHN Proxy with error 500 and apache logs with "OSError Permission denied"

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Issue

  • Unable to download packages through the RHN Proxy with error 500 and apache logs with "OSError Permission denied"
  • error 500s when trying to download packages with /var/log/http/*error_log displaying
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/spool/rhn-proxy/list'
-or-
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/spool/rhn-proxy/list'

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Proxy 5.5

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