Bug 487318

Summary:	sat installer, skip selinux test not working.. not in --help
Product:	Red Hat Satellite 5	Reporter:	wes hayutin <whayutin>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Devan Goodwin <dgoodwin>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	wes hayutin <whayutin>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	530	CC:	bperkins, cperry, psklenar, tlestach
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OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2009-09-10 20:33:49 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	456985

Description wes hayutin 2009-02-25 13:58:38 UTC

Description of problem:

[root@rlx-3-18 iso]# ./install.pl --answer-file=/root/answers.txt
* Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer.
* Loading answer file: /root/answers.txt.
* Performing pre-install checks.
SELinux should be in Permissive or Enforcing mode for your RHN Satellite
to install and function properly.  Run /usr/sbin/getenforce to see your
current mode.  If you are certain that you are not in Disabled mode or
you want to install in Disabled anyway, re-run the installer with the
flag --skip-selinux-test.  Please see the documentation for steps needed
to enable SELinux post install.


[root@rlx-3-18 iso]# ./install.pl --answer-file=/root/answers.txt --skip-selinux-test.
* Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer.
Unknown option: skip-selinux-test.

Comment 1 Devan Goodwin 2009-04-02 13:54:45 UTC

By test not working I assume your box was actually in Permissive or Enforcing, but the check still failed?

Comment 2 Devan Goodwin 2009-04-02 14:01:11 UTC

Message appears to be different right now:

[root@satellite satiso]# ./install.pl --answer-file=/root/spacewalkfiles/answers-satellite.txt  --skip-db-install 
* Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer.
* Loading answer file: /root/spacewalkfiles/answers-satellite.txt.
* Performing pre-install checks.
SELinux must be in Disabled or Permissive mode for your RHN Satellite to
install and function properly.  Run /usr/sbin/getenforce to see your current
mode.  If you are certain that you are not in Enforcing mode you can re-run
the installer with the flag --skip-selinux-test.

[root@satellite satiso]# getenforce
Enforcing
[root@satellite satiso]# setenforce 0
[root@satellite satiso]# getenforce
Permissive
[root@satellite satiso]# ./install.pl --answer-file=/root/spacewalkfiles/answers-satellite.txt  --skip-db-install 
* Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer.
* Loading answer file: /root/spacewalkfiles/answers-satellite.txt.
* Performing pre-install checks.
* Pre-install checks complete.  Beginning installation.

install.pl --help shows:

    --skip-selinux-test
            Do not check if SELinux is Permissive or Disabled. RHN Satellite
            is not currently supported on selinux 'Enforcing' enabled
            systems. See http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_49_6086.shtm for
            more information.

Usage appears to work, so looks like this got fixed somewhere, probably in spacewalk.git commit 4793a3b44a71686f1011ff007e87b8ea7cb8c118.

Comment 3 wes hayutin 2009-04-06 19:33:22 UTC

yup.. 
in 4/3 build
  --skip-selinux-test
            Do not check if SELinux is Permissive or Disabled. RHN Satellite
            is not currently supported on selinux 'Enforcing' enabled
            systems. See http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_49_6086.shtm for
            more information.


verified

Comment 5 Tomas Lestach 2009-09-07 15:15:27 UTC

Checking on RHEL5 with disabled selinux ...

# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga)
[root@xen50 ~]# getenforce 
Disabled
[root@xen50 ~]# <path>/Satellite-5.3.0-RHEL5-re20090820.1-x86_64/install.pl --disconnected
* Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer.
* Performing pre-install checks.
Red Hat recommends SELinux be configured in either Permissive or Enforcing
mode for your RHN Satellite installation.  Run /usr/sbin/getenforce to see your
current mode.  If you wish to run in Disabled mode, re-run the installer with
the flag --skip-selinux-test.  When you install while SELinux is disabled and
want to enable SELinux later, run /usr/sbin/spacewalk-selinux-enable once
you've enabled SELinux, to run the post-installation steps which would
otherwise be run by the installer.
# <path>/Satellite-5.3.0-RHEL5-re20090820.1-x86_64/install.pl --disconnected --skip-selinux-test
* Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer.
* Performing pre-install checks.
* Pre-install checks complete.  Beginning installation.
...

--skip-selinux-test option works as expected

Stage validated -> RELEASE_PENDING

Comment 6 Brandon Perkins 2009-09-10 20:33:49 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1434.html