IMPORTANT: Red Hat's authentication update affects BigFix Patches for RHEL

Red Hat has changed its authentication mechanism and now authenticates users from http://sso.redhat.com instead of from https://idp.redhat.com/idp/.

The BigFix Patches for RHEL download plug-in and the download cacher are down. The custom repository feature can be used to deploy patches. For more information, see http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MER_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.patch.doc/Patch/Patch_RH/c_manage_custom_repositories.html.

All the Patches for RHEL sites are affected by the authentication update.

  • Patches for RHEL 5
  • Patches for RHEL 6
  • Patches for RHEL 7
  • RHEL 6 System Z

The BigFix team is putting all efforts to fixing the issue within 5 working days. We shall post developments as
soon as they are available.

BigFix Application Team
IBM BigFix

[NOTE: This post was revised to include the link to managing custom repositories.]

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Note this has been fixed see related post IMPORTANT UPDATE: Red Hat Download Cacher tool is now up and running

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