PEM routines: no start line: /etc/pki/entitlement/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.pem

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to run yum/dnf command as it fails with error:
[could not load PEM client certificate, OpenSSL error error:0480006C:PEM routines::no start line, (no key found, wrong pass phrase, or wrong file format?)]
  • Cannot patch updates as it fails with entitlement error.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Subscription Management(RHSM)

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