Bug 1113427

Description of problem:
Running "rhnreg_ks" inside libvirt-lxc container or systemd-nspawn container (muritan) fails. At the same time, traceback is generated on the server (krelln).

Exception reported from krelln.pipebreaker.pl
Time: Wed Jun 25 20:06:31 2014
Exception type <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
Exception while handling function registration.new_system
Request object information:
URI: /XMLRPC
Remote Host: 2001:6a0:138:1:947d:b9ff:fe0c:44b3
Server Name: krelln.pipebreaker.pl:80
Headers passed in:
        Accept-Encoding: identity
        CONTENT_LENGTH: 676
        CONTENT_TYPE: text/xml
        CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT: /var/www/html
        CONTEXT_PREFIX:
        DOCUMENT_ROOT: /var/www/html
        GATEWAY_INTERFACE: CGI/1.1
        HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: identity
        HTTP_HOST: krelln.pipebreaker.pl
        HTTP_USER_AGENT: rhn.rpclib.py/2.5.69-1.fc20
        HTTP_X_CLIENT_VERSION: 1
        HTTP_X_INFO: RPC Processor (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)
        HTTP_X_RHN_CLIENT_CAPABILITY: caneatCheese(1)=1,packages.extended_profile(2)=1,reboot.reboot(1)=1,packages.verify(1)=1,packages.runTransaction(1)=1,packages.update(2)=2
+,packages.rollBack(1)=1
        HTTP_X_RHN_TRANSPORT_CAPABILITY: follow-redirects=3
        HTTP_X_TRANSPORT_INFO: Extended Capabilities Transport (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)
        HTTP_X_UP2DATE_VERSION: 2.1.16-1.fc20
        Host: krelln.pipebreaker.pl
        PATH_INFO:
        QUERY_STRING:
        REMOTE_ADDR: 2001:6a0:138:1:947d:b9ff:fe0c:44b3
        REMOTE_PORT: 41405
        REQUEST_METHOD: POST
        REQUEST_SCHEME: http
        REQUEST_URI: /XMLRPC
        SCRIPT_FILENAME: /usr/share/rhn/wsgi/xmlrpc.py
        SCRIPT_NAME: /XMLRPC
        SCRIPT_URI: http://krelln.pipebreaker.pl/XMLRPC
        SCRIPT_URL: /XMLRPC
        SERVER_ADDR: 2001:6a0:138:1:216:3eff:fe72:6943
        SERVER_ADMIN: root@localhost
        SERVER_NAME: krelln.pipebreaker.pl
        SERVER_PORT: 80
        SERVER_PROTOCOL: HTTP/1.1
        SERVER_SIGNATURE:
        SERVER_SOFTWARE: Apache
        UNIQUE_ID: <REDACTED>
        User-Agent: rhn.rpclib.py/2.5.69-1.fc20
        X-Client-Version: 1
        X-Info: RPC Processor (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)
        X-RHN-Client-Capability: caneatCheese(1)=1,packages.extended_profile(2)=1,reboot.reboot(1)=1,packages.verify(1)=1,packages.runTransaction(1)=1,packages.update(2)=2,pack
+ages.rollBack(1)=1
        X-RHN-Transport-Capability: follow-redirects=3
        X-Transport-Info: Extended Capabilities Transport (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)
        X-Up2Date-Version: 2.1.16-1.fc20
        mod_wsgi.application_group: krelln.pipebreaker.pl|/xmlrpc
        mod_wsgi.callable_object: application
        mod_wsgi.enable_sendfile: 0
        mod_wsgi.handler_script:
        mod_wsgi.input_chunked: 0
        mod_wsgi.listener_host:
        mod_wsgi.listener_port: 80
        mod_wsgi.process_group:
        mod_wsgi.queue_start: 1403719591439751
        mod_wsgi.request_handler: wsgi-script
        mod_wsgi.script_reloading: 1
        mod_wsgi.version: (3, 5)
        wsgi.errors: <mod_wsgi.Log object at 0x7f90f77c4030>
        wsgi.file_wrapper: <built-in method file_wrapper of mod_wsgi.Adapter object at 0x7f90f78c74e0>
        wsgi.input: <mod_wsgi.Input object at 0x7f90f77c46f0>
        wsgi.multiprocess: True
        wsgi.multithread: False
        wsgi.run_once: False
        wsgi.url_scheme: http
        wsgi.version: (1, 0)

Exception Handler Information
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/spacewalk/server/apacheRequest.py", line 123, in call_function
    response = apply(func, params)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/server/handlers/xmlrpc/registration.py", line 509, in new_system
    architecture, data)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/server/handlers/xmlrpc/registration.py", line 368, in create_system
    parse_smbios(data['smbios'])
  File "/usr/share/rhn/server/handlers/xmlrpc/registration.py", line 69, in parse_smbios
    elif manufacturer.startswith('Red Hat') and product == 'OpenStack Nova' and uuid is not None:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'

Local variables by frame
Frame parse_smbios in /usr/share/rhn/server/handlers/xmlrpc/registration.py at line 69
                     product = <type 'NoneType'> None
                      vendor = <type 'NoneType'> None
                        uuid = <type 'NoneType'> None
                      smbios = <type 'dict'> {}
                      serial = <type 'str'>
                manufacturer = <type 'NoneType'> None

Frame create_system in /usr/share/rhn/server/handlers/xmlrpc/registration.py at line 368
             release_version = <type 'str'> 20
                 log_user_id = <type 'int'> 1
                        user = <type 'NoneType'> None
                    log_item = <type 'str'> token = '1-fedora20'
                        self = <type 'instance'> <server.handlers.xmlrpc.registration.Registration instance at 0x7f90f7f68098>
                 applet_uuid = <type 'NoneType'> None
                profile_name = <type 'str'> muritan.pipebreaker.pl
                     channel = <type 'NoneType'> None
                     release = <type 'str'> 20
                token_string = <type 'str'> 1-fedora20
                up2date_uuid = <type 'NoneType'> None
                        data = <type 'dict'> {'token': '1-fedora20', 'profile_name': 'muritan.pipebreaker.pl', 'architecture': 'x86_64', 'os_release': '20', 'smbios': {}, 'release_name': 'fedora-release'}
                     newserv = <class 'spacewalk.server.rhnServer.server_class.Server'> <Server Class at 140260613179280: {'self.cert': None, 'self.server': {'release': ('20',1), 'server_arch_id': (1026, 1), 'os': ('fedora-release', 1), 'description': ('Initial Registration Parameters:\nOS: fedora-release\nRelease: 20\nCPU Arch: x86_64', 1), 'name': ('muritan.pipebreaker.pl', 1)}}>

                  tokens_obj = <type 'instance'> <spacewalk.server.rhnServer.server_token.ActivationTokens instance at 0x7f90f7cc9998>
                architecture = <type 'str'> x86_64

Frame new_system in /usr/share/rhn/server/handlers/xmlrpc/registration.py at line 509
                        self = <type 'instance'> <server.handlers.xmlrpc.registration.Registration instance at 0x7f90f7f68098>
             release_version = <type 'str'> 20
                profile_name = <type 'str'> muritan.pipebreaker.pl
                architecture = <type 'str'> x86_64
                        data = <type 'dict'> {'token': '1-fedora20', 'profile_name': 'muritan.pipebreaker.pl', 'architecture': 'x86_64', 'os_release': '20', 'smbios': {}, 'release_name': 'fedora-release'}
                        user = <type 'NoneType'> None

Frame call_function in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/spacewalk/server/apacheRequest.py at line 176
                           e = <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'> 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
                        self = <type 'instance'> <spacewalk.server.apacheRequest.apachePOST instance at 0x7f90f7cc9b00>
              force_rollback = <type 'int'> 1
                      params = <type 'tuple'> ({'token': '1-fedora20', 'profile_name': 'muritan.pipebreaker.pl', 'architecture': 'x86_64', 'os_release': '20', 'smbios': {}, 'release_name': 'fedora-release'},)
                        func = <type 'instancemethod'> <bound method Registration.new_system of <server.handlers.xmlrpc.registration.Registration instance at 0x7f90f7f68098>>
                      method = <type 'unicode'> registration.new_system

Frame process in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/spacewalk/server/apacheRequest.py at line 487
                          fd = <type 'instance'> <cStringIO.StringO object at 0x7f90f7cc8298>
                       _body = <type 'str'> <?xml version='1.0'?>
<methodCall>
<methodName>registration.new_system</methodName>
<params>
<param>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>token</name>
<value><string>1-fedora20</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>profile_name</name>
<value><string>muritan.pipebreaker.pl</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>architecture</name>
<value><string>x86_64</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>os_release</name>
<value><string>20</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>smbios</name>
<value><struct>
</struct></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>release_name</name>
<value><string>fedora-release</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodCall>

                      params = <type 'tuple'> ({'token': '1-fedora20', 'profile_name': 'muritan.pipebreaker.pl', 'architecture': 'x86_64', 'os_release': '20', 'smbios': {}, 'release_name': 'fedora-release'},)
                      method = <type 'unicode'> registration.new_system
                        self = <type 'instance'> <spacewalk.server.apacheRequest.apachePOST instance at 0x7f90f7cc9b00>

Frame handler in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/spacewalk/server/apacheHandler.py at line 196
                           h = <type 'instance'> <spacewalk.server.rhnSQL.driver_postgresql.Cursor instance at 0x7f90f80565f0>
                        self = <type 'instance'> <spacewalk.server.apacheHandler.apacheHandler instance at 0x7f90f7ad7fc8>
                         req = <type 'instance'> <wsgi.wsgiRequest.WsgiRequest instance at 0x7f90f773e908>
                         ret = <type 'int'> 0
             templateStrings = <type 'dict'> {'email_account_info': '\nAccount Information:\n  Your Spacewalk login:         <login />\n  Your Spacewalk email address: <email-a
+ddress />', 'email_footer': '--the Spacewalk Team', 'hostname': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl'}
                         row = <type 'NoneType'> None

Frame handle in /usr/share/rhn/wsgi/wsgiHandler.py at line 45
                replacements = <type 'dict'> {'Xml': 'XML', 'Actualuri': 'ActualURI', 'Md5Sum': 'MD5sum', '_': '-', 'Rhn': 'RHN'}
              component_type = <type 'str'> server.xmlrpc
              start_response = <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method start_response of mod_wsgi.Adapter object at 0x7f90f78c74e0>
                           k = <type 'str'> Rhn
                         req = <type 'instance'> <wsgi.wsgiRequest.WsgiRequest instance at 0x7f90f773e908>
                   parseServ = <type 'instancemethod'> <bound method apacheHandler.headerParserHandler of <spacewalk.server.apacheHandler.apacheHandler instance at 0x7f90f7ad7f
+c8>>
                         ret = <type 'int'> 0
                      server = <type 'str'> xmlrpc
                     environ = <type 'dict'> {'mod_wsgi.listener_port': '80', 'X-RHN-Client-Capability': 'caneatCheese(1)=1,packages.extended_profile(2)=1,reboot.reboot(1)=1,pa
+ckages.verify(1)=1,packages.runTransaction(1)=1,packages.update(2)=2,packages.rollBack(1)=1', 'CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT': '/var/www/html', 'SERVER_SOFTWARE': 'Apache',
+'SCRIPT_NAME': '/XMLRPC', 'HTTP_X_TRANSPORT_INFO': 'Extended Capabilities Transport (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)', 'mod_wsgi.handler_script': '',
+'SERVER_SIGNATURE': '', 'REQUEST_METHOD': 'POST', 'PATH_INFO': '', 'SERVER_PROTOCOL': 'HTTP/1.1', 'QUERY_STRING': '', 'X-Info': 'RPC Processor (C) Red Hat, Inc (version
+2.5.69-1.fc20)', 'User-Agent': 'rhn.rpclib.py/2.5.69-1.fc20', 'CONTENT_LENGTH': '676', 'HTTP_USER_AGENT': 'rhn.rpclib.py/2.5.69-1.fc20', 'HTTP_X_UP2DATE_VERSION':
+'2.1.16-1.fc20', 'SERVER_NAME': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl', 'REMOTE_ADDR': '2001:6a0:138:1:947d:b9ff:fe0c:44b3', 'mod_wsgi.queue_start': '1403719591439751', 'mod_wsgi.r!
 equest_handler': 'wsgi-script', 'mod_wsgi.version': (3, 5), 'wsgi.url_scheme': 'http', 'Host': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl', 'X-RHN-Transport-Capability': 'follow-redirects=3', 'mo
+d_wsgi.callable_object': 'application', 'SERVER_PORT': '80', 'wsgi.multiprocess': True, 'mod_wsgi.input_chunked': '0', 'SERVER_ADDR': '2001:6a0:138:1:216:3eff:fe72:6943',
+'DOCUMENT_ROOT': '/var/www/html', 'mod_wsgi.process_group': '', 'Accept-Encoding': 'identity', 'HTTP_X_RHN_CLIENT_CAPABILITY':
+'caneatCheese(1)=1,packages.extended_profile(2)=1,reboot.reboot(1)=1,packages.verify(1)=1,packages.runTransaction(1)=1,packages.update(2)=2,packages.rollBack(1)=1',
+'SCRIPT_FILENAME': '/usr/share/rhn/wsgi/xmlrpc.py', 'SERVER_ADMIN': 'root@localhost', 'X-Up2Date-Version': '2.1.16-1.fc20', 'X-Transport-Info': 'Extended Capabilities
+Transport (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)', 'SCRIPT_URI': 'http://krelln.pipebreaker.pl/XMLRPC', 'HTTP_X_CLIENT_VERSION': '1', 'wsgi.input': <mod_wsgi.Input object at
+0x7f90f!
 77c46f0>, 'HTTP_HOST': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl', 'SCRIPT_URL': '/XMLRPC', 'wsgi.multithread': False, 'mod_wsgi.enable_sendfile': '0', 'REQUEST_URI': '/XMLRPC', 'X-Client-Versio
+n': '1', 'wsgi.version': (1, 0), 'GATEWAY_INTERFACE': 'CGI/1.1', 'wsgi.run_once': False, 'wsgi.errors': <mod_wsgi.Log object at 0x7f90f77c4030>, 'REMOTE_PORT': '41405',
+'mod_wsgi.listener_host': '', 'REQUEST_SCHEME': 'http', 'CONTEXT_PREFIX': '', 'HTTP_X_RHN_TRANSPORT_CAPABILITY': 'follow-redirects=3', 'CONTENT_TYPE': 'text/xml',
+'mod_wsgi.application_group': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl|/xmlrpc', 'mod_wsgi.script_reloading': '1', 'wsgi.file_wrapper': <built-in method file_wrapper of mod_wsgi.Adapter object
+at 0x7f90f78c74e0>, 'HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'identity', 'UNIQUE_ID': 'U6sPp2reMhVX@n9idm6TbwAAAAE', 'HTTP_X_INFO': 'RPC Processor (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)'}
                         key = <type 'str'> HTTP_X_INFO
                           v = <type 'str'> RHN
                  servertype = <type 'str'> spacewalk.server.apacheServer
                     new_key = <type 'str'> X-Info
                     appServ = <type 'instancemethod'> <bound method apacheHandler.handler of <spacewalk.server.apacheHandler.apacheHandler instance at 0x7f90f7ad7fc8>>

Frame application in /usr/share/rhn/wsgi/xmlrpc.py at line 22
              start_response = <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method start_response of mod_wsgi.Adapter object at 0x7f90f78c74e0>
                     environ = <type 'dict'> {'mod_wsgi.listener_port': '80', 'X-RHN-Client-Capability': 'caneatCheese(1)=1,packages.extended_profile(2)=1,reboot.reboot(1)=1,pa
+ckages.verify(1)=1,packages.runTransaction(1)=1,packages.update(2)=2,packages.rollBack(1)=1', 'CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT': '/var/www/html', 'SERVER_SOFTWARE': 'Apache',
+'SCRIPT_NAME': '/XMLRPC', 'HTTP_X_TRANSPORT_INFO': 'Extended Capabilities Transport (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)', 'mod_wsgi.handler_script': '',
+'SERVER_SIGNATURE': '', 'REQUEST_METHOD': 'POST', 'PATH_INFO': '', 'SERVER_PROTOCOL': 'HTTP/1.1', 'QUERY_STRING': '', 'X-Info': 'RPC Processor (C) Red Hat, Inc (version
+2.5.69-1.fc20)', 'User-Agent': 'rhn.rpclib.py/2.5.69-1.fc20', 'CONTENT_LENGTH': '676', 'HTTP_USER_AGENT': 'rhn.rpclib.py/2.5.69-1.fc20', 'HTTP_X_UP2DATE_VERSION':
'2.1.16-1.fc20', 'SERVER_NAME': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl', 'REMOTE_ADDR': '2001:6a0:138:1:947d:b9ff:fe0c:44b3', 'mod_wsgi.queue_start': '1403719591439751', 'mod_wsgi.r!
 equest_handler': 'wsgi-script', 'mod_wsgi.version': (3, 5), 'wsgi.url_scheme': 'http', 'Host': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl', 'X-RHN-Transport-Capability': 'follow-redirects=3', 'mo
+d_wsgi.callable_object': 'application', 'SERVER_PORT': '80', 'wsgi.multiprocess': True, 'mod_wsgi.input_chunked': '0', 'SERVER_ADDR': '2001:6a0:138:1:216:3eff:fe72:6943',
+'DOCUMENT_ROOT': '/var/www/html', 'mod_wsgi.process_group': '', 'Accept-Encoding': 'identity', 'HTTP_X_RHN_CLIENT_CAPABILITY':
+'caneatCheese(1)=1,packages.extended_profile(2)=1,reboot.reboot(1)=1,packages.verify(1)=1,packages.runTransaction(1)=1,packages.update(2)=2,packages.rollBack(1)=1',
+'SCRIPT_FILENAME': '/usr/share/rhn/wsgi/xmlrpc.py', 'SERVER_ADMIN': 'root@localhost', 'X-Up2Date-Version': '2.1.16-1.fc20', 'X-Transport-Info': 'Extended Capabilities
+Transport (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)', 'SCRIPT_URI': 'http://krelln.pipebreaker.pl/XMLRPC', 'HTTP_X_CLIENT_VERSION': '1', 'wsgi.input': <mod_wsgi.Input object at
+0x7f90f!
 77c46f0>, 'HTTP_HOST': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl', 'SCRIPT_URL': '/XMLRPC', 'wsgi.multithread': False, 'mod_wsgi.enable_sendfile': '0', 'REQUEST_URI': '/XMLRPC', 'X-Client-Versio
+n': '1', 'wsgi.version': (1, 0), 'GATEWAY_INTERFACE': 'CGI/1.1', 'wsgi.run_once': False, 'wsgi.errors': <mod_wsgi.Log object at 0x7f90f77c4030>, 'REMOTE_PORT': '41405',
+'mod_wsgi.listener_host': '', 'REQUEST_SCHEME': 'http', 'CONTEXT_PREFIX': '', 'HTTP_X_RHN_TRANSPORT_CAPABILITY': 'follow-redirects=3', 'CONTENT_TYPE': 'text/xml',
+'mod_wsgi.application_group': 'krelln.pipebreaker.pl|/xmlrpc', 'mod_wsgi.script_reloading': '1', 'wsgi.file_wrapper': <built-in method file_wrapper of mod_wsgi.Adapter object
+at 0x7f90f78c74e0>, 'HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'identity', 'UNIQUE_ID': 'U6sPp2reMhVX@n9idm6TbwAAAAE', 'HTTP_X_INFO': 'RPC Processor (C) Red Hat, Inc (version 2.5.69-1.fc20)'}


Environment for PID=8148 on exception:
LANG = C
NOTIFY_SOCKET = @/org/freedesktop/systemd1/notify/11385697966408461597
PATH = /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
in the traceback above.

How reproducible:
always