Description of problem: There is a traceback when running rhn-satellite-exporter/spacewalk-remove-channel as non-root: spacewalk.common.rhnConfig.ConfigParserError: ('config file read error', '/etc/rhn/rhn.conf', 'Permission denied') Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): spacewalk-backend-tools-2.0.3-17.el5sat How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. # rhn-satellite-exporter 2. # spacewalk-remove-channel -h Actual results: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/rhn-satellite-exporter", line 22, in ? from spacewalk.satellite_tools.disk_dumper import iss File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/disk_dumper/iss.py", line 21, in ? import dumper File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/disk_dumper/dumper.py", line 25, in ? from spacewalk.common.rhnConfig import CFG File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 522, in ? ALL_CFG.parse() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 119, in parse timeDiff = self.modifiedYN() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 98, in modifiedYN si = os.stat(self.filename) spacewalk.common.rhnConfig.ConfigParserError: ('config file read error', '/etc/rhn/rhn.conf', 'Permission denied') Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-remove-channel", line 33, in ? from spacewalk.common.rhnConfig import CFG, initCFG File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 522, in ? ALL_CFG.parse() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 119, in parse timeDiff = self.modifiedYN() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 98, in modifiedYN si = os.stat(self.filename) spacewalk.common.rhnConfig.ConfigParserError: ('config file read error', '/etc/rhn/rhn.conf', 'Permission denied') Expected results: Nice error message should be printed. Additional info: Not a Sat560 release blocker for sure IMO. I just wanted to verify you can not get list of organizations as non-root using `rhn-satellite-exporter --list-orgs` which you can not due to this bug.
Fixed in SW master: f993820314390ee12293d4b6c4a5b58b3e34cb58
Verification. spacewalk-backend-tools-2.3.3-21.el6sat Steps to Verified: # useradd test # su test $ rhn-satellite-exporter ERROR: must be root to execute $ spacewalk-remove-channel -h ERROR: must be root to execute Reproduction. spacewalk-backend-tools-2.0.3-30.el6sat Steps to Reproduce: # useradd test # su test $ rhn-satellite-exporter Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/rhn-satellite-exporter", line 22, in <module> from spacewalk.satellite_tools.disk_dumper import iss File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/disk_dumper/iss.py", line 21, in <module> import dumper File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/disk_dumper/dumper.py", line 25, in <module> from spacewalk.common.rhnConfig import CFG File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 522, in <module> ALL_CFG.parse() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 119, in parse timeDiff = self.modifiedYN() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 98, in modifiedYN si = os.stat(self.filename) spacewalk.common.rhnConfig.ConfigParserError: ('config file read error', '/etc/rhn/rhn.conf', 'Permission denied') $ spacewalk-remove-channel -h Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-remove-channel", line 33, in <module> from spacewalk.common.rhnConfig import CFG, initCFG File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 522, in <module> ALL_CFG.parse() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 119, in parse timeDiff = self.modifiedYN() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/common/rhnConfig.py", line 98, in modifiedYN si = os.stat(self.filename) spacewalk.common.rhnConfig.ConfigParserError: ('config file read error', '/etc/rhn/rhn.conf', 'Permission denied') You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
With the release of Red Hat Satellite 5.7 on January 12th 2015 this bug is being moved to a Closed Current Release state. The Satellite 5.7 GA Errata: - https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0033.html Satellite 5.7 Release Notes: - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Satellite/5.7/html-single/Release_Notes/index.html Satellite Customer Portal Blog announcement for release: - https://access.redhat.com/blogs/1169563/posts/1315743 Cliff