Bug 646802

Summary:	Inconsistent channel name length limit while creating and cloning a channel on RHN Satellite v5.4
Product:	Red Hat Satellite 5	Reporter:	Šimon Lukašík <slukasik>
Component:	WebUI	Assignee:	Tomas Lestach <tlestach>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Dimitar Yordanov <dyordano>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	540	CC:	cperry, dyordano, jsefler, pmutha, tlestach
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Patch
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Prior to this update, the maximum length of a name for a newly created channel was limited to 64 characters, while the limit for a cloned channel was set to 256 characters. To make this consistent, both limits are now set to 256 characters.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2011-09-05 07:11:35 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	715348

Description Šimon Lukašík 2010-10-26 10:34:06 UTC

Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
sat540


How reproducible:
1 of 1

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Sync rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5
2. Make its clone on Webui
Channel 'Clone of Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL Server
(v.5 64-bit x86_64)' is successfully created
3. On the details page, do not edit anything but hit the
'Update Channel' button


Actual results:
Big Red banner: 'Channel name can not exceed 64 characters long'

Expected results:
Either update works or creation do not.

Additional info:
 - I am describing steps I have done, but it may also work with
more general reproducer.
 - Full channel name is successfully stored in database:
select name from rhnchannel where label like 'clone%';
Clone of Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL Server (v.5 64-bit x86_64)

Comment 4 Tomas Lestach 2011-06-28 16:46:56 UTC

I applied Paresh'es patch:

spacewalk.git: ee9ae4ad2086eddfffeea862ed2d12f64b0fe2bd

Thanks!

Comment 8 Tomas Lestach 2011-08-16 13:54:58 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Consequence:
Channel name when creating a new channel was limited to 64 characters.
Result:
Channel name increased to 256 characters, when creating a channel.

Comment 10 Jaromir Hradilek 2011-08-31 13:15:42 UTC

    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-Consequence:
+Prior to this update, the maximum length of a name for a newly created channel was limited to 64 characters, while the limit for a cloned channel was set to 256 characters. To make this consistent, both limits are now set to 256 characters.-Channel name when creating a new channel was limited to 64 characters.
-Result:
-Channel name increased to 256 characters, when creating a channel.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-09-05 07:11:35 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-2011-1252.html

Comment 12 Tomas Lestach 2012-08-13 16:36:19 UTC

*** Bug 514966 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***