Getting error "UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe5 in position 17: invalid continuation byte" while running subscription-manager commands.

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Issue

  • Getting error "UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe5 in position 17: invalid continuation byte" while running subscription-manager commands.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Subscription Manager (RHSM)
  • Red Hat Customer Portal

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