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