Description of problem: From Satellite 5.8 is used manifest for activation Satellite. But when I try to activate expired manifest I received message with term 'certificate': For example: >> rhn-satellite-activate ERROR: Satellite Certificate appears to have expired: 2017-01-16 On web UI: Your satellite certificate has expired. Please visit the following link for steps on how to request or generate a new certificate: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/tools/satcert Your satellite enters restricted period in 5 day(s). I think that it is confusing for user what is manifest and what is certificate. I prefer to use only one term "manifest". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): spacewalk-java-2.5.14-48.el6sat.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. used expired manifest for activation Actual results: The term "certificate" is used Expected results: Use the word manifest Additional info: >> git grep -i "Satellite Certificate" ... java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/strings/jsp/StringResource_en_US.xml: <source>Checks whether satellite certificate has not expired</source> ... java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/strings/template/StringResource_en_US.xml: {1} - Days Until satellite certificate expiration: 7 ... java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/strings/java/StringResource_en_US.xml: <source>Your satellite certificate has expired. Please visit the following link for steps on how to request or generate a new c ertificate: <a href="https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/tools/satcert">https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/tools/satcert</a></source> ...
On page /rhn/admin/config/ManifestUpload.do I uploaded expired manifest and I receive error: "Certificate expired". Correct message is "Manifest expired".
The 'thing' that's expired, in this case, *is* the Satellite Certificate, that is embedded in the manifest.zip. Manifests do not expire. The subscriptions inside them may, but the mainfest itself is just a container of Stuff. I think that changing this wording is likely to cause more confusion for Sat5 customers, than leaving it alone does. I am proposing to close this as WONTFIX
I agree we need to distinguish, what actually within the manifest expired. Based on Comment 2 I'm closing the bug WONTFIX.