Red Hat Network Satellite cannot communicate with client
Issue
- Client machine reports inactive in Red Hat Network Satellite, and both "OSA Status" -> "Ping Server" fails, and attemping to run a remote command fails.
- On client system, confirmed that both osad and rhnsd are running.
lsof -p <osad's pid\#>shows an active tcp connection to the Red Hat Network Satellite server.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
- Red Hat Network Satellite 5.3
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