Bug 560636

Summary:	error during rhn_register of virtual machine without uuid
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Network	Reporter:	Miroslav Suchý <msuchy>
Component:	RHN/Backend	Assignee:	Bryan Kearney <bkearney>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Red Hat Network Quality Assurance <rhn-qa-list>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	rhn512	CC:	acarter, mhlavink, rhn-bugs
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OS:	Linux
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Clone Of:	543509	Environment:
Last Closed:	2010-02-01 14:14:48 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	543509
Bug Blocks:	543511, 559485

Description Miroslav Suchý 2010-02-01 13:27:33 UTC

You may want to apply fix from this bug as well.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #543509 +++

Created an attachment (id=375451)
Traceback

Description of problem:
When you try to rhn_register qemu machine, which do not have uuid. You get traceback on server and registration will fail.

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


How reproducible:
several time

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  lshal  |grep smbios.system.uuid
smbios.system.uuid = 'Not Settable'  (string)
If you have there some number, grab another virtual machine, this is prerequisity.
2. rhn_register
  
Actual results:
error

Expected results:
you will be registered

Additional info:

--- Additional comment from msuchy on 2009-12-02 10:16:24 EST ---

Solution is to replace:
  uuid_as_number = string.atol(uuid, 16)
with:
  if uuid == 'Not Settable':
      uuid_as_number = 0
  else:
      uuid_as_number = string.atol(uuid, 16)

--- Additional comment from msuchy on 2009-12-07 07:52:40 EST ---

commited as 7cdd2dd93f7fe05da6aab3e8b104bb3aa0d23801

Comment 1 Miroslav Suchý 2010-02-01 14:14:48 UTC

Scratch this. We should catch this case in client tools and not send it at all.