Bug 231878

non-entitled to rhel4 channel.. error message 
[root@dhcp204 root]# up2date --upgrade-to-release=rhel-i386-es-4 --dry-run
Error communicating with server. The message was:

Error Message:
    Your account does not have access to any channels matching
(release='rhel-i386-es-4', arch='i686-redhat-linux')
If you have a registration number, please register with it first at
http://www.redhat.com/apps/activate/ and then try again.
Error Class Code: 19
Error Class Info: Architecture and OS version combination is not supported.
Explanation:
     An error has occurred while processing your request. If this problem
     persists please enter a bug report at bugzilla.redhat.com.
     If you choose to submit the bug report, please be sure to include
     details of what you were trying to do when this error occurred and
     details on how to reproduce this problem

[root@dhcp204 root]# ./script --user whayutin --password redhat --verbose --qa
Initiating test against http://rhn.webqa.redhat.com/XMLRPC
Using USER = whayutin, PASSWORD = redhat, EMAIL = whayutin

Test: Reserve User                  : NOT ok
Test: New User                      : NOT ok
Failed to get a system_id, bailing out on the rest
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./script", line 454, in ?
    t.main()
  File "./script", line 378, in main
    self.__new_system()
  File "./script", line 85, in __new_system
    raise Exception, "Need system_id to continue"
Exception: Need system_id to continue
[root@dhcp204 root]#

I need some help w/ the script or getting a rh9 system entitled to a rhel 4
channel... 
thanks

ok.. after speaking to Bret comment #1 is actually the appropriate error... so
this passes qa...

script passes

 ./script --user whayutin --password redhat --verbose --url
http://xmlrpc.rhn.webqa.redhat.com/XMLRPC


</member>
<member>
<name>profile_name</name>
<value><string>alien - 4662</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>system_id</name>
<value><string>ID-1007272841</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>architecture</name>
<value><string>i686</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>os_release</name>
<value><string>6.2</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>fields</name>
<value><array><data>
<value><string>system_id</string></value>
<value><string>os_release</string></value>
<value><string>operating_system</string></value>
<value><string>architecture</string></value>
<value><string>username</string></value>
<value><string>type</string></value>
</data></array></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>type</name>
<value><string>REAL</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
</param>
</params>

Test: Hardware Profiling            : OK
Test: Deleting all hardware profile : OK
Test: Refresh hardware profile      : OK
Test: Register Product              : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 7.0      : OK
Test: Add History                   : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 7.1      : OK
Test: Add History                   : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 7.2      : OK
Test: Add History                   : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 3AS      : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 4AS      : OK
Test: Listall                       : OK
Test: Listall w/ Size               : OK
Test: Getting Action                : OK
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Created attachment 149876 [details]
Script bretm used to test the NoBaseChannel thing

Attached.  I suspect there might even be some obscure up2date option that lets
you call that w/ an arbitrary string... might be worth investigating if RHL9 or
this script proves too painful.

ran same test against stage...


[root@dhcp204 root]# up2date --upgrade-to-release=rhel-i386-es-4 --dry-run
Error communicating with server. The message was:

Error Message:
    Your account does not have access to any channels matching
(release='rhel-i386-es-4', arch='i686-redhat-linux')
If you have a registration number, please register with it first at
http://www.redhat.com/apps/activate/ and then try again.
Error Class Code: 19
Error Class Info: Architecture and OS version combination is not supported.
Explanation: 
     An error has occurred while processing your request. If this problem
     persists please enter a bug report at bugzilla.redhat.com.
     If you choose to submit the bug report, please be sure to include
     details of what you were trying to do when this error occurred and
     details on how to reproduce this problem.

[root@dhcp204 root]# ./script --user bnackash --password dog8code --verbose
--url http://xmlrpc.rhn.stage.redhat.com/XMLRPC
Initiating test against http://xmlrpc.rhn.stage.redhat.com/XMLRPC
Using USER = bnackash, PASSWORD = dog8code, EMAIL = whayutin

Test: Reserve User                  : OK
Test: New User                      : OK
Test: New System                    : OK
Got System ID:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<params>
<param>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>username</name>
<value><string>bnackash</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>operating_system</name>
<value><string>Red Hat Linux</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>description</name>
<value><string>Initial Registration Parameters:
OS: Red Hat Linux
Release: 6.2
CPU Arch: i686</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>checksum</name>
<value><string>4d218ba094dbc85ead1bbfb4d4914f0a</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>profile_name</name>
<value><string>alien - 5151</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>system_id</name>
<value><string>ID-1007229560</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>architecture</name>
<value><string>i686</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>os_release</name>
<value><string>6.2</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>fields</name>
<value><array><data>
<value><string>system_id</string></value>
<value><string>os_release</string></value>
<value><string>operating_system</string></value>
<value><string>architecture</string></value>
<value><string>username</string></value>
<value><string>type</string></value>
</data></array></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>type</name>
<value><string>REAL</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
</param>
</params>

Test: Hardware Profiling            : OK
Test: Deleting all hardware profile : OK
Test: Refresh hardware profile      : OK
Test: Register Product              : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 7.0      : OK
Test: Add History                   : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 7.1      : OK
Test: Add History                   : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 7.2      : OK
Test: Add History                   : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 3AS      : OK
Test: Upgrading version to 4AS      : OK
Test: Listall                       : OK
Test: Listall w/ Size               : OK
Test: Getting Action                : OK
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[root@dhcp204 root]#