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Bug 1940287 - [machines] “Root password” can not be left blank when check "Run unattended installation" with Profile:Workstation
Summary: [machines] “Root password” can not be left blank when check "Run unattended i...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: cockpit-appstream
Version: 8.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.5
Assignee: Katerina Koukiou
QA Contact: YunmingYang
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-03-18 03:45 UTC by Xianghua Chen
Modified: 2021-11-09 21:23 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: cockpit-appstream-242-1.el8
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Last Closed: 2021-11-09 17:53:43 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:4178 0 None None None 2021-11-09 17:53:55 UTC

Description Xianghua Chen 2021-03-18 03:45:25 UTC 
Description of problem: 
“Root password” can not be left blank when check "Run unattended installation" with Profile:Workstation 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cockpit-machines-238.2-1.el8.noarch
libvirt-dbus-1.3.0-2.module+el8.3.0+6423+e4cb6418.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click "Create VM"

2. Input name: fedora33, Installation typeownload an OS, Operation System:Fedora 33

    Click "Run unattended installation", choose Profile:Workstation

    Leave "Root password" blank, Click "Create"



Actual results:
Can't create the vm because Root password is mandatory, but there is an icon beside it saying: "Leave the password blank if you do not wish to have a root account created" , which is not inconsistent.



Expected results:
The vm can be create without root password set.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Katerina Koukiou 2021-03-18 08:39:19 UTC 
This issue is fixed upstream by:

commit 07fbcc88c30ce3d6c2b39e483ad2d0913acf4e9f
Author: Katerina Koukiou <kkoukiou>
Date:   Wed Feb 24 12:12:02 2021 +0100

    machines: allow creation of non-root user for unattended installations


The same commit also enables passing plain user credentials. cockpit-240 contains the fix.
Comment 4 YunmingYang 2021-04-21 15:52:25 UTC 
Pre-verified Versions:
cockpit-machines-242-1.el8.noarch
cockpit-238.2-1.el8.x86_64
libvirt-dbus-1.3.0-2.module+el8.3.0+6423+e4cb6418.x86_64
virt-install-2.2.1-4.el8.noarch


Pre-verified Steps:
1 Create a VM with follow parameters
  NAME                  test
  Installation type     Download an OS
  Operating system      Fedora 33
  Size                  40 GB
  Memory                4  GB
  Check "Run unattended installation"
      Profile                         Workstation
      Root password(leave it blank)
  Then, Click "Create" button

Pre-verified Results:
The VM can be created successfully. And there is a little difference, If leaving the "Root password" blank, the root user will be still created with none password, after checking with katerina, we will submit another issue to virt-install for resolving this.

According to the results, change ‘Verified’ status to ‘TESTED’.
Comment 5 Katerina Koukiou 2021-04-21 16:07:21 UTC 
Related issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1952158
Comment 9 Xianghua Chen 2021-04-28 06:14:22 UTC 
Verified with Versions:
cockpit-machines-242-1.el8.noarch
cockpit-242-1.el8.x86_64
virt-install-2.2.1-4.el8.noarch
libvirt-dbus-1.3.0-2.module+el8.3.0+6423+e4cb6418.x86_64


Pre-verified Steps:
1 Create a VM with follow parameters
  NAME                  test
  Installation type     Download an OS
  Operating system      Fedora 33
  Size                  40 GB
  Memory                4  GB
  Check "Run unattended installation"
      Profile                         Workstation
      Root password(leave it blank)
  Then, Click "Create" button

The VM can be created successfully.
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 17:53:43 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 (cockpit-appstream bug fix and enhancement update), 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-2021:4178
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