Description of problem: Obviously config-folder comparison on WebUI is not supported but there are no restrictions to do so. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): spacewalk-java-2.0.2-78 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create configuration channel via WebUI. 2. Create configuration folder in the channel. 3. Register a client to Satellite. 4. Add tools channel to the client and execute: yum install rhncfg* rhn-actions-control --enable-all 5. Assign the configuration channel to the client. 6. Deploy the configuration folder. rhncfg-client get 7. Change the owner of the folder that has been just deployed. 8. rhncfg-client verify user /tmp/folder 7. Schedule comparison of the deployed folder via WebUI. Actual results: This action's status is: Completed. The client picked up this action on 07/22/14 6:28:38 AM EDT. The client completed this action on 07/22/14 6:28:48 AM EDT. Client execution returned "Files successfully diffed" (code 0) Config Files: /tmp/folder (rev. 1) Expected results: Some warning this operation is not supported via WebUI. Additional info: /usr/share/rhn/actions/configfiles.py 341 -> if os.path.isdir(path): 342 # We dont support dir diffs, ignore 343 continue
I'm choosing to treat this as a bug in the implementation of 1004746 rather than a bug in explaining what is not supported. We do in fact support comparing directories deployed through config management - if you are using the 'rhncfg-client verify' tool. If the command-line client can do something then an action scheduled through the webui should be able to do it to. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1004746 ***