Bug 511164

Description of problem:

It would be nice if the "/usr/bin/update-packages" script added a check to see if all the permissions under /var/satellite are in order.  


I upgraded a satellite and attempted to perform a kickstart, the kickstart on the client failed while trying to download: 

/var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/ks-rhel-i386-as-4-u7/RedHat/base/netstg2.img

I looked at the permissions of the file and they were:
-rw-r----- 1 apache root

I executed "chmod -R a+r /var/satellite"

and rebooted client, kickstart restarted and it succeeded.

If adding a check into "update-packages" isn't desirable, than maybe we could add a more explicit note to the scenario 1a doc to talk about backing up /var/satellite with a tar command or "cp -a", etc...something so permissions are retained?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Satellite-5.3.0-RHEL4-re20090707.0-s390x.iso
# rpm -q rhn-upgrade
rhn-upgrade-5.3.0.16-1.el4sat

How reproducible:
unsure, I think this might be common mistake, Wes ran into a similar kind of issue with permissions under /var/satellite preventing package downloads.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Sat422 on RHEL4 i386 with external
2. Install Sat530 on RHEL5 s390x
3. Backup /var/satellite on Sat422 (I did a "scp -r /var/satellite othermachine:/dir")
4. Restore /var/satellite on Sat530 (I did a scp -r othermachine:/dir /var/satellite")
  
Actual results:
Permission problems during Kickstart

Expected results:
Permissions adjusted automatically from an upgrade step, or more explicit warning to preserve them during backup. 

Additional info: