rhn_register immediately fails with "The SSL certificate /usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT failed verification" when registering a client to Red Hat Satellite

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Issue

Registration of a RHEL5 client to a Red Hat Satellite server immediately fails with error message:

The SSL certificate /usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT failed verification

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Satellite 5

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