[Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/pki/entitlement/[file].pem'

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Issue

When performing # yum update or # yum check-update, receive the following errors:

- [|] Error trying to read from 'https://cdn.redhat.com/content....pem'
- Permission to access 'https://cdn.redhat.com/content/....pem' denied.

In rhsm.log observe:

$ grep -i operation var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log 
2023-09-24 05:44:09,515 [ERROR] rhsmcertd-worker:41050:MainThread @entcertlib.py:304 - [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/pki/entitlement/....pem'
PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/pki/entitlement/....pem'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x

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