[Satellite 6] Installer fails with error '/usr/bin/puppet cert --generate redhatsat1.satellite.co.in returned 23 instead of one of [0]'

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.2.x

Issue

  • Satellite Installation fails with below error:
 /usr/bin/puppet cert --generate redhatsat1.satellite.co.in returned 23 instead of one of [0]

Resolution

  • The permission for file /etc/group should be 644.
# ls -l /etc/passwd
rw-r--r-- 1 root root  /etc/passwd

Root Cause

  • The permission for file /etc/group was 600.
# ls -l /etc/passwd
rw----- 1 root root  /etc/passwd

Diagnostic Steps

  • While generating puppet cert it give below error.
Error: Invalid group: 0

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