Unable to register host with rhnreg_ks

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Issue

  • When trying to register hosts with rhnreg_ks, I get these errors:
[root@system3 ~]# rhnreg_ks -vvvv --username rhnuser --password rhnpass --proxy http://192.168.1.1:8080 --serverUrl http://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC
An error has occurred:
Error communicating with server. The message was:
Forbidden
See /var/log/up2date for more information
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.welcome_message
A protocol error occurred: Forbidden , attempt #1,
[root@system3 ~]#

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

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