Sosreport fails on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with "ValueError: error:2D07D06A:FIPS routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:fips selftest failed".
Issue
- Sosreport generation fails on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with following traceback:
# sosreport
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/sosreport", line 18, in <module>
from sos.sosreport import sosreport, doExitCode
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sos/sosreport.py", line 40, in <module>
import sos.policyredhat
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sos/policyredhat.py", line 27, in <module>
import hashlib
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 101, in <module>
f(usedforsecurity=False)
ValueError: error:2D07D06A:FIPS routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:fips selftest failed
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
- Sosreport
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