[chef] chef-client errors connecting to server for the first time

[Kwasi Gyasi - Agyei < >]

Entire error located here: http://pastebin.com/BEgNh2mm

I'm getting these errors 
[http://pastebin.com/BEgNh2mm][chef-client/server errors] after 
successfully bootstrapping a node with chef.

The initial error which occurs is as follows

(snippet from sever logs):

merb : chef-server (api) : worker (port 4000) ~ Started request 
handling: Wed Aug 08 19:04:32 +0200 2012
merb : chef-server (api) :worker (port 4000) ~ Params: 
{"name"=>"devhouse", "controller"=>"clients", "action"=>"create", 
"admin"=>false}
merb : chef-server (api) : worker (port 4000) ~ `Connection reset by 
peer - (Errno::ECONNRESET)`

(snippet from client STDOUT)

[2012-08-08T19:47:57+02:00] INFO: *** Chef 10.12.0 ***
[2012-08-08T19:47:57+02:00] INFO: Client key /etc/chef/client.pem is not 
present - registering
[2012-08-08T19:47:58+02:00] INFO: HTTP Request Returned 409 Conflict: 
Client already exists
[2012-08-08T19:47:58+02:00] INFO: HTTP Request Returned 403 Forbidden: 
You are not allowed to take this action.
[2012-08-08T19:47:58+02:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to 
/var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2012-08-08T19:47:58+02:00] FATAL: Net::HTTPServerException: 403 "Forbidden"

From the above the error the only thing I can deduce is that the client 
failed to communicate with the server, but, the mind boggling thing is 
that, somehow the client was able to register with the server cause 
executing `knife client list` shows client which field in the list 
however updated attempt by client fails with `403 "Forbidden"`

Chef common errors does not seem to have any records of such behavior.