Bug 575200

Summary:	rhnlib uses http protocol instead of defined https in serverURL
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Jiri Kastner <jkastner>
Component:	rhnlib	Assignee:	Milan Zázrivec <mzazrivec>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jiri Kastner <jkastner>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	5.5	CC:	apevec, borgan, cperry, jpazdziora, ohudlick, snagar, syeghiay
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Regression
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	rhnlib-2.5.22-3.el5	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clones:	575259 575277 580497 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2010-03-30 09:08:20 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	575277, 580497

Description Jiri Kastner 2010-03-19 17:45:55 UTC

Description of problem:
rhnreg_ks and rhn_register with new rhnlib uses http protocol instead of https defined in serverURL setting in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhnlib-2.5.22-2.el5.noarch

How reproducible:
always with this version

Steps to Reproduce:
1. update rhnlib to rhnlib-2.5.22-2.el5.noarch
2. run 'iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport www -j DROP'
3. run 'rhn_register'
  
Actual results:
blank screen - not connecting to hosted.

Expected results:
rhn-client-tools will use https protocol

Additional info:

Comment 1 Ondrej Hudlicky 2010-03-19 17:49:14 UTC

related bz:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566694

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2010-03-30 09:08:20 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/RHBA-2010-0322.html

Comment 17 Milan Zázrivec 2010-04-08 12:42:45 UTC

Addressed in Spacewalk with https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=575259