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Bug 1823780 - /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd gives error sleep: missing operand [rhel-7.8.z]
Summary: /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd gives error sleep: missing operand [rhel-7.8.z]
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: subscription-manager
Version: 7.9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: candlepin-bugs
QA Contact: Red Hat subscription-manager QE Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1824961 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 1803794
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-04-14 13:47 UTC by RAD team bot copy to z-stream
Modified: 2023-10-06 19:39 UTC (History)
32 users (show)

Fixed In Version: subscription-manager-1.24.26-2.el7_8
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Clone Of: 1803794
Environment:
Last Closed: 2020-05-12 18:40:21 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 4963101 0 None None None 2020-04-14 13:47:46 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:2101 0 None None None 2020-05-12 18:40:25 UTC

Description RAD team bot copy to z-stream 2020-04-14 13:47:41 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #1803794 and has been proposed to be backported to 7.8 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 5 Rehana 2020-04-24 14:47:23 UTC 
*** Bug 1824961 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 John Sefler 2020-04-27 21:35:12 UTC 
Verification Testing...

Demonstrating the original failure on RHEL-7.8 with no processtimeout configuration in /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf...
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.8 (Maipo)
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.24.26-1.el7.x86_64
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# grep --ignore-case processtimeout /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd
sleep: missing operand
Try 'sleep --help' for more information.
/etc/cron.daily/rhsmd: line 19: 22829 Terminated              /usr/libexec/rhsmd -s
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 

BANG! Original "sleep: missing operand" failure reproduced.


Now I will upgrade (steps not shown) to the latest RHEL-7.8z stream build of subscription-manager and re-test
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.24.26-3.el7_8.x86_64
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# rpm -q --changelog subscription-manager | grep 1823780
- 1823780: corrected missing quotes for config check; ENT-2010
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# grep --ignore-case processtimeout /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 

VERIFIED: No more "sleep: missing operand" error.

In fact, a processtimeout of 5 minutes (300 seconds) was used as re-demonstrated below using "time" to show that when processtimeout is absent from the /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf (which can occur during an upgrade situation), the /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd process will take 5 minutes to timeout...

[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# grep --ignore-case processtimeout /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# subscription-manager config | grep --ignore-case processtimeout
   processtimeout = [300]
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# time /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd

real	5m0.034s
user	0m0.182s
sys	0m0.065s
[root@intel-chiefriver-02 ~]# 

VERIFIED: The /etc/cron.daily/rhsmd job will timeout after the default 5 minutes (the square braces in the config report indicates a default value).
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2020-05-12 18:40:21 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:2101
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