Oracle Linux: 'uln_register' Command Throws "ImportError: Cannot Import Name Idn_ascii_to_pune" (Doc ID 2623731.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 01, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

While registering the system with ULN getting below error:

# uln_register
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/uln_register", line 22, in <module>
from up2date_client import up2dateLog
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateLog.py", line 5, in <module>
import config
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/config.py", line 18, in <module>
from rhn.connections import idn_ascii_to_pune, idn_pune_to_unicode
ImportError: cannot import name idn_ascii_to_pune

# rpm -qf /usr/sbin/uln_register
rhn-setup-2.0.2-24.0.7.el7.x86_64  

# rpm -qf /usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/config.py
rhn-client-tools-2.0.2-24.0.7.el7.x86_64 

Changes

 Mistakenly enabled spacewalk_client channels and updated the system 

Cause

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