Re: Message when running yum update

[Jonathan Dieter <jdieter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 12:44 -0600, JD wrote:
> # yum -y update
> Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, downloadonly, etckeeper, 
> langpacks, presto, priorities, product-id, refresh-packagekit,
>                : subscription-manager
> Updating certificate-based repositories.
> Unable to read consumer identity
> 
> This machine has not been registered and therefore has
> no access to security and other critical updates. Please
> register using subscription-manager.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This is the first time I see the registration thing.
> Why is this being done?
> Why does anyone have to register their machine?
> I see no reason for this other than monitoring people's machines.
> This is totally unacceptable.

I'm guessing the subscription-manager yum plugin is for RHEL and
shouldn't be installed on a Fedora machine.  And Red Hat does want to
validate that your RHEL subscription before using them for updates.

Anyhow, a quick check in yum shows that both product-id and
subscription-manager aren't in the Fedora repositories.  Removing them
(again, assuming you're on a Fedora machine) should fix the error
message.

Jonathan

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