Remote execution fails with "Authentication failed for user root@client_hostname" even though keys are correctly copied

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Issue

Remote execution on RHEL clients is failing with

Error initializing command: Net::SSH::AuthenticationFailed - Authentication failed for user root@client_hostname
Exit status: EXCEPTION

even though the keys were copied as per this KCS

Environment

Red Hat Satellite 6.3

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