Bug 1325092

Summary:	Proxy Configuration dialog ignores credentials when no auth proxy url entered
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Jan Stavel <jstavel>
Component:	rhn-client-tools	Assignee:	Gennadii Altukhov <galtukho>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Red Hat Satellite QA List <satqe-list>
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Version:	6.8	CC:	csnyder, galtukho, jhutar, thozza, tkasparek, tlestach
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Description Jan Stavel 2016-04-08 08:17:41 UTC

Description of problem:

  Given registering a system "RHEL6.8 Snapshot4-1 variant Server" using proxy
  Firstboot connects throught a non auth proxy even "use credentials" is checked on.

  This is a little confusing since it opens a space to make inconsistent settings.
  I (as a customer) wanted to use credentials for proxy but
  I entered wrong proxy url (ie. no auth proxy).
 
  And the program did not inform me about this inconsistency.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

   RHEL6.8 Snapshot4-1 Server variant

How reproducible:

   everytime

Steps to Reproduce:

   Given Firstboot running at RHEL6.8 Snapshot4-1 - variant Server
   When I clicked "Proxy Setup" at "Choose Service"
   then proxy dialog appeared.

   When I checked "I would like to connect via HTTP proxy"
   and I filled "Proxy Location" using value for non auth proxy (auto-services.usersys.redhat.com:3129)
   and I checked "Use Authentication with HTTP Proxy"
   and I filled  wrong/right credentials
   and I clicked "Close"
   then a dialog was closed.

   When I clicked "Forward"
   and I clicked "Forward" again
   then a program connected throught a proxy even I checked "Use Authentication with HTTP Proxy" and filled credentials.


Actual results:

   Program ignores an inconsistency of values entered in Proxy Dialog.

Expected results:

   Program could inform me that I entered an url of a non auth proxy and I checked that I want to use authorization for proxy.

Comment 1 Chris Snyder 2016-04-08 17:55:13 UTC

The proxy dialog used in firstboot belongs to rhn-client-tools.

Comment 5 Gennadii Altukhov 2016-10-24 16:12:59 UTC

Looks like we will not fix this *bug*.

Technical details:
We use a python's httplib.HTTPConnection on a bottom level. Levels:

1) rpclib to communicate with Satellite/RHN
2) transport for rpclib ("ProxyTransport" in a case of HTTP proxy and credentials provided)
3) connection for transport. We use HTTPProxyConnection - this is just httplib.HTTPConnection with additional header "Proxy-Authorization: Basic <encoded_credentials>".
In a case when proxy doesn't require authentification it ignores this header and returns us a connection. 
So we cannot catch this situation.

Comment 6 RHEL Program Management 2016-10-24 17:56:29 UTC

Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.
You may appeal this decision by reopening this request.