Troubles setting up Redhat Subscription for RHEL 7.3

Here is the email from my support call with Red Hat.

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https://access.redhat.com/support/cases/#/case/01783304
Case Title       : Unable to register system.
Case Number      : 01783304
Case Open Date   : 2017-01-31 12:40:43
Severity         : 3 (Normal)
Problem Type     : Configuration issue

Most recent comment: On 2017-01-31 12:46:59, Canelo, Denis commented:
"Greetings Gove!

Thank you for contacting Red Hat Support.

Over the phone, we discussed your concern with not being able to subscribe your server with a subscription. If I may have misunderstood or left any details out, please feel free to update the case with any clarifying points missed. I will be assisting in transitioning this case over to our engineers.

In the meantime, we spoke about making sure to get permissions to manage subscriptions checked off on your user. This may what could be interfering with trying to subscribe the server. Once you have the permissions to manage subscriptions turned on, try registering and subscribing again.

  #subscription-manager unregister
  #subscription-manager clean
  #subscription-manager register --auto-attach

Should you continue to have issues, we request that you generate and provide the SOSreport from the server along with any error outputs you are receiving. This information is important to our engineers to become more familiar with your system and be better prepared in troubleshooting with you. Below I have provided an article as a reference to gathering that information.

-What is a sosreport and how to create one in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 and later?
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3592

Once an engineer is allocated to your case, we request that you provide them with some time to review it and they will update you with possible troubleshooting steps as soon as they are able.

Should you run into any more issues or have any more questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us by updating the case as it is the most efficient way of contacting an engineer allocated to the case.

Thank you for your patience and your support!

Best regards,


Denis Canelo
Customer Service Specialist
Global Support Services
Red Hat, Inc."

https://access.redhat.com/support/cases/#/case/01783304?commentId=a0aA000000Iliv4IAB






As requested, here is some output from the process of trying to register (which seems to work fine) and subscript (which is where the trouble is).

I run

# subscription-manager register

With no trouble.  However,

# subscription-manager attach --auto

Does not attach a subscription to the registration here is the output:

At this point, here is what the sever looks like at access.redhat.com:

It is possible to click on the "Attach a subscription" button on the website and it seems to attach the subscription as seen here:

But as you can see, it still indicates that the "system is not properly subscribed."

And you can see that in the message when I try to execute "yum update"

The Red Hat support guy to whom I spoke believes that my account does not have sufficient privileges to subscribe.  He said that my account (gallen2.byu.edu) did not have the "Manage Subscriptions" box checked and thought that if it did, the problem would go away.

Anyway, thanks for your help.

Talk on the 17th Amendment

• We all know about the basic checks and balances on federal power
• Three branches of government
• each exerting some measure of control on the other two
• However, at the founding of our nation, there was an importation 4th check of federal power
• This check was removed by the ratification of the 17th amendment
• Prior to the 17th amendment, senators were selected by state legislatures
• Amending the constitution is a serious undertaking
• American's have historically been very hesitant to amend the constitution
• Have never done it for light or transitory reasons
• What was the problem America was trying to solve with the 17th amendment?
• The two problems
• Vacancies in the senate 
• When state legislatures could not agree on who should be the senator, they often sent no one
• Prior to the passing of the 17th amendment, the worst period of vacancy in the senate saw more than 30% of the senate's seats vacant for extended periods
• Corruption among senators
• By 1900, the senate was seen as a very corrupt body
• We hoped that if senators answered to people through direct election, this corruption would abate.
• So in 1913, we got the 17th amendment.  What was the result?
• The truth is that we had a run-in with the law of unintended consequence
• Did it fix the vacancy problem?  
• Absolutely
• In the case of a vacancy, the Governor just appoints someone
• Did it fix the corruption problem?
• Not a chance.
• Three times as many of senator were convicted of corruption in 20th than the 19th
• The 17th amendment introduced a new kind of corruption
• Best demonstrated when the FBI caught Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich attempting to sell the senate seat vacated when Barack Obama was elected president.
• This kind of corruption was simply not possible prior to the ratification of the 17th
• But there was an even bigger unintended consequence
• Our fed. gov't was conceived  in 1787 when delegates of the 13 original states drafted constitution.  
• Two years later it was ratified after an intense public debate
• The primary point of contention was that that the new government took too much power from the states.
• The public discussion on states rights versus federal power continues to this day
• Most recently here in Utah, the federal government has appropriated more than a million acres of state lands without our consent and over the objections of our elected leadership
• When states selected senators, the states had a say in federal matters
• In fact, no laws could be passed without the approval of most of the state's representatives in the senate.
• When senators answered to the states, they protected state sovereignty and helped keep the federal government small.
• Senators who acted to grow the fed gov't would not long remain senators
• When senators began answering to the people, this dynamic changed dramatically
• Now, as Senators compete to bring their constituents larger and larger pieces of federal pie, the federal pie grows.
• And the federal government takes a more direct role in Americans' lives.
• To grasp the extent to which the states have been excluded from federal matters,  one need look no further than the Affordable Care Act.  
• Many states have serious concerns over the implementation of this law
• Because states have no representation in the federal government, they are seeking redress through the courts. 
• Today, most states have sued the federal government over the ACA because they have no voice.

• For more than a century, state oversight  helped keep the federal government small
• In 1913 the federal gov't spent just 3% of Gross Domestic Product
• For every $100 earned in America, the federal government spent just $3
• Since state oversight of  the federal government was removed, it has grown to 12 times that size
• spending more than 36% of the GDP
• Our founders sought to create a limited central government 
• Bound down by the chains of the constitution
• With ratification of the 17th amendment, one of those very important chains has been cut

Talk on the 16th Amendment

Main Points

Victorian Era

• In the mid 1800s, there was a general return to morality in both England and America
• Sparked the creation of a fable 
• A cautionary tale showing the dangers of allowing evil event the smallest place
• An Arab was crossing the desert
• Pitched his tent one evening
• As the night grew cold, camel asked if he might put his nose in tent to help stay warm
• The weary traveler relented
• We know the story, repeatedly the camel ask for just a bit more
• At last, the traveler finds himself outside withe camel, the master of the tent
• At this time, Congress introduces America's first income tax
• To fund the civil war
• when the war debt was paid off, congress repealed the tax
• 1894 congress reintroduced income tax as a way to fund the federal gov't
• 1895 Supreme court rules the tax unconstitutional
• To tax income, Congress would need to change the constitution
• drafted what would become the 16th amendment
• Asking for the right to tax income
• no appropriation among the several states
• no regard to census or enumeration
• Before it could become law it would have to be approved by most voters in 3/4 of states
• Why would Americans give congress right to reach directly into their pockets?
• Like the fabled camel, congress initially asked for very little
• Most Americans would pay only 1% and even the highest earners would pay only 7%
• Like the weary traveler, America relented
• Three years later, the tax would double for most Americans
• Three years after that, the tax would be six times the original amount
• By this time, The highest earners are paying 70% tax
• By 1945, the top marginal tax rate would be 94%
• think about that
• for some Americans, when they earned an additional dollar, 94 cents went to gov't
• the earner kept just 6 cents
• The 16th amendment is a cautionary tale showing the dangers of giving governments new powers, for they will surely abuse them to excess
• Founders sought to make a small central central government 
• one of controls to keep it small was limited power of taxation
• Before the 16th, federal government was funded largely by taxing imports and exports
• The thing about Tariffs:
• Their power to produce revenue is limited
• Raise the tax too high and revenue will decline as people turn to local markets to by and sell
• For more than a century, this control helped keep the federal government small
• In 1913 the federal gov't spent just 3% of Gross Domestic Product
• For every $100 earned in America, the federal government spent just $3
• Today, the federal government has grown to 12 times that size
• spending more than 36% of the GDP
• This growth was funded primarily by the tax on income
• Conclusion
• Our founders sought to create a limited central government 
• Bound down by the chains of the constitution
• With ratification of the 16th amendment, one of those very important chains has been cut

Talk on Amendement 10

Main Points

At nation's founding, we felt different about where Govt got authority than they did in Europe

• Europe believed in the Divine Right of Kings
• God made this man King
• We all have to do what he says
• America believed differently
• long history of self government
• Followed the ideas of British Philosopher John Locke
• Governments got their authority when they  delegated some of their rights to the gov't for enforcement

Founders wanted this fundamental principle of governance so well understood that they included the 10 amendment to the constitution.

• Federal Gov't has no power beyond that which is expressly given in the constitution
• Sadly, the 10th amendment may be the most ignored part of the constitution
• I did not take long for us to start ignoring it.

Treaty of Paris

• 1783, the treaty of Paris established the western border of the United States at the Mississippi
• The border did not extend quite to the mouth of river
• by 1800 the Mississippi was an important trade route

Details of the Louisiana Purchase

• In 1802 Spain gave a large part of North America back to France
• Jefferson worried that Napoleon would renew France's Imperial designs in North America
• Sent James Monroe to Paris to negotiate long-term access to the mouth of the Mississipi
• Monroe returns with what can only be termed the Deal of the Century
• Not just access to the mouth, but America could own the whole river
• Double the size of the nation
• Bargain price: 3 cents per acre
• To become law, the treaty needs three things
• President has to enter the treaty
• Congress has to ratify 
• House has to fund
• Might think Jefferson would be ecstatic--he was not
• Like most of the founders, Jefferson is a strict constructionist
• Believed strongly in the 10th amendment
• He knows that the Federal Government does not have the authority to make the purchase
• He is conflicted but has to make a decision

Ratification

• The treaty was ratified
• Jefferson, ignoring the 10th amendment entered the treaty
• The Senate, ignoring the 10th amendment ratified the treaty
• The House, ignoring the 10th amendment funded the treaty
• Jefferson sought to give retroactive validity to the Louisiana Purchase
• drafted a constitutional amendment to give the Federal Government such Authority
• However, there was no national will to pass the amendment
• The federal government had already demonstrated that it had the power--because it took it

The result of the Louisiana Purchase

• We often view the Louisiana Purchase as good for America--and it was
• 3 cents per acre seemed a small price to pay
• The true cost was much higher
• The purchased established a pattern for ignoring the 10th amendment for political expediency

Conclusion

• Founders sought to create a limited central government bound by the chains of the constitution
• The 10th amendment is an important chain in restricting federal power
• These change are wholly ineffective when we ignore them for the sake of convenience 

Talk on amendment 7

Main Points

Founders felt strongly that Trial by Jury was a fundamental right of the accused

• it is featured in 3 of the 28 grievences of the Declaration of Independence
• and in the Bill of Rights, it is the subject of 2 of the first 10 amendments to the constitution

• Why did they feel so strongly?

 Let's look at an example from the life Pennsylvania's fonder, William Penn

• In England, at age 22, Penn became a Quaker 
• The year is 1666, there's no freedom of religion 
• Quietly arrested in 1668 for criticizing the England's official Church
• Imprisoned for 8 months without a trial 
• When released, banned from all public speaking
• Two years later, goes to church only to find meetinghouse seized and locked
• Preaches the sermon on the street and is arrested before he can finish
• Public arrest earns him a jury trial--though not one we would recognize today
• Judge had already decided his guilt and had a plan
• Custom of hats and Quakers thoughts
• Refusing to remove hat was a sign if gross disrespect
• Quakers considered all men equal before God and often refused to remove hat
• To the judge's surprise, Penn removes hat
• Judge order's it back on--Penn complies
• Judge finds Penn in contempt and has him removed for the remainder of trial
• After the case is made agains Penn, judge orders the jury to find Penn guilty
• Appalled by the judge's behavior Jury finds Penn not guilty
•  Judge orders them to reconsider
• They refuse and are locked up without food, water, fire or tobacco
• "You should find him guilty or you shall starve"
• Jury refuses to find him guilty--some will be jailed for months for their defiance
• Although found not-guilty, Penn will spend months in prision--For wearing his hat.

Founding of Pennsylvania

• A decade later, Charles II gives a large tract of land in North America to Penn
• Get rid of the troublesome Quaker
• Discharge debt owed to his now deceased father
• Penn establishes Pennsylvania with a charter of liberties guaranteeing (among other things)
• Trial by jury
• Pennsylvania not alone, Trial by jury was common throughout colonies

Trial by Jury Restricted by Govt in early 1770s

• Certain crimes against Crown (such as smuggling) no longer qualified for Trial by Jury
• Moved to Courts of Vice admiralty  (three things to know abut these courts)
• All decisions are made panel of judges
• the accused is presumed guilty until proven innocent

Founding Generation found this to be unjust

• worth fighting against
• This is one reason trial by Jury features so prominently in Declaration of Independence
• Our founders wanted to be sure the new central overnment did not become tyrannical like old
• 6th amendment: All criminal trials shall be decided by Jury
• 7th amendment: even civil suits of at least $20 shall be decided by Jury.

Very aware that a strong, uncontrolled central government breeds Tyranny, the founders sought to create a limited central government bound by the chains of the constitution.  Trial by Jury, assured by the 6th and 7th amendments, is one of these very important chains.