Why does rhnreg_ks and related command fail with libvirtError ?

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Issue

  • When running rhnreg_ks and related commands fail with libvirtError message ?

    $ rhn-profile-sync 
Updating package profile... 
Updating hardware profile... 
Updating virtualization profile... 
libvir: Remote error : unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory 
An error has occurred: 
libvirt.libvirtError 
See /var/log/up2date for more information

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • rhn-client-tools
  • rhn-virtualization-host
  • rhn-virtualization-common

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