Subscription-manager command fails with the error "ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers"

Issue

• subscription-manager commands fails with below error:

# subscription-manager identity
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/subscription-manager", line 62, in <module>
    logutil.init_logger()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/logutil.py", line 143, in init_logger
    config = rhsm.config.initConfig()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rhsm/config.py", line 324, in initConfig
    CFG = RhsmConfigParser(config_file=DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rhsm/config.py", line 115, in __init__
    self.read(self.config_file)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/iniparse/compat.py", line 103, in read
    self.data._readfp(fp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/iniparse/ini.py", line 553, in _readfp
    raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fname, linecount, line)
ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
file: /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf, line: 1
'ed Hat Subscription Manager Configuration File:\n'

# subscription-manager list --consumed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/subscription-manager", line 62, in <module>
    logutil.init_logger()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/logutil.py", line 143, in init_logger
    config = rhsm.config.initConfig()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rhsm/config.py", line 324, in initConfig
    CFG = RhsmConfigParser(config_file=DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rhsm/config.py", line 115, in __init__
    self.read(self.config_file)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/iniparse/compat.py", line 103, in read
    self.data._readfp(fp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/iniparse/ini.py", line 553, in _readfp
    raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fname, linecount, line)
ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
file: /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf, line: 1
'ed Hat Subscription Manager Configuration File:\n'