Bug 112457 - rhn_register abends if hostname is not resolvable
Summary: rhn_register abends if hostname is not resolvable
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: up2date
Version: 2.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adrian Likins
QA Contact: Fanny Augustin
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: 112458 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-12-19 23:56 UTC by Omkhar Arasaratnam
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-08-24 21:49:29 UTC
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Description Omkhar Arasaratnam 2003-12-19 23:56:19 UTC 
Description of problem:

If up2date is not able to resolve the hostname of the system it will
abend with a python exception when it tries to grab the system info

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.9.3-2.2.1AS

How reproducible:
make hostname not resolveable, (remove from /etc/hosts or DNS servers)
and run rhn_register

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
abend (python trace back)

Expected results:
register machine

Additional info:
Comment 1 Adrian Likins 2004-08-24 21:50:05 UTC 
*** Bug 112458 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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