Satellite-maintain command fails with error "could not find expected ':' while scanning a simple key at line 4 column 3 (Psych::SyntaxError)"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Execution of the Satellite-maintain command fails with the following error:

    [root@Satellite6 ~]# satellite-maintain service status
Traceback (most recent call last):
 /usr/share/ruby/psych.rb:456:in `parse': (<unknown>): could not find expected ':' while scanning a simple key at line 4 column 3 (Psych::SyntaxError)

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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