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Bug 2118252 - dnf can't load foreman-protector.py as a regular user
Summary: dnf can't load foreman-protector.py as a regular user
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Packaging
Version: 6.11.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: 6.12.0
Assignee: Evgeni Golov
QA Contact: Lukas Pramuk
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-08-15 08:24 UTC by Evgeni Golov
Modified: 2022-11-16 13:35 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: rubygem-foreman_maintain-1.1.5-1.el8sat
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Last Closed: 2022-11-16 13:35:16 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Foreman Issue Tracker 35366 0 Normal New dnf can't load foreman-protector.py as a regular user 2022-08-15 08:26:05 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker SAT-12295 0 None None None 2022-08-18 14:42:56 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker SAT-13071 0 None None None 2022-10-21 15:34:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:8506 0 None None None 2022-11-16 13:35:25 UTC

Description Evgeni Golov 2022-08-15 08:24:53 UTC 
Description of problem:
$ dnf search lol
Failed loading plugin "foreman-protector": [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/foreman-protector.py'
…

(the rest of the execution works fine, but the warning is rather useless)

Fixing this, you get:
$ dnf search lol
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:59 ago on Mon 15 Aug 2022 08:14:13 AM UTC.
Error: Incorrect plugin configuration!

and only after fixing the config perms, you get:

$ dnf search lol
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:20 ago on Mon 15 Aug 2022 08:14:13 AM UTC.
No matches found.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
6.11

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf search foreman
2.
3.

Actual results:
warnings

Expected results:
no warnings

Additional info:
Comment 1 Evgeni Golov 2022-08-15 08:26:04 UTC 
Created redmine issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/35366 from this bug
Comment 2 Bryan Kearney 2022-08-15 12:05:11 UTC 
Upstream bug assigned to egolov
Comment 3 Bryan Kearney 2022-08-15 12:05:13 UTC 
Upstream bug assigned to egolov
Comment 4 jcallaha 2022-08-15 13:12:24 UTC 
Does this mean that foreman-protector isn't actually working for that user? Granted they likely can't install anything, but if foreman-protector isn't stopping actions it should (because it isn't running for a user), that would change my opinion of this bug. Thanks!
Comment 5 Evgeni Golov 2022-08-15 14:27:19 UTC 
(In reply to jcallaha from comment #4)
> Does this mean that foreman-protector isn't actually working for that user?
> Granted they likely can't install anything, but if foreman-protector isn't
> stopping actions it should (because it isn't running for a user), that would
> change my opinion of this bug. Thanks!

Correct, it is not working at all (as dnf can't load the code), but I don't think this is a big issue as the operations it prohibits are install/upgrade, which the user can't execute anyways.

So, it's more of a cosmetical issue, but still.
Comment 6 Bryan Kearney 2022-08-16 08:05:13 UTC 
Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite since the upstream issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/35366 has been resolved.
Comment 10 Lukas Pramuk 2022-09-22 09:12:01 UTC 
VERIFIED.

@Satellite 6.12.0 Snap11
rubygem-foreman_maintain-1.1.5-1.el8sat.noarch

by this simple manual reproducer:

# useradd user
# su - user
$ dnf search lol
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)          51 MB/s |  52 MB     00:01    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)       50 MB/s |  46 MB     00:00    
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:13 ago on Thu 22 Sep 2022 05:05:57 AM EDT.
Reading Foreman protector configuration
*** Excluded total: 34610

WARNING: Excluding 34610 packages due to foreman-protector. 
Use foreman-maintain packages install/update <package> 
to safely install packages without restrictions.
Use foreman-maintain upgrade run for full upgrade.

No matches found.

>>> there are no warnings/errors when running dnf as non-root user
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-16 13:35:16 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 (Important: Satellite 6.12 Release), 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/RHSA-2022:8506
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