Description of problem: I can't close some of my older bugs reported to bugzilla.redhat.com. Bugzilla gives me the error message: Not allowed You tried to change the Status field from NEW to CLOSED, but only the owner or submitter of the bug, or a sufficiently empowered user, may change that field. I am logged in as Bernd.Bartmann and try to close bug #157134 and #158563. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.18-rh (bugzilla.redhat.com) How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Unfortunately, bugs in RHEL related products in Bugzilla can only be transistioned to CLOSED status by certain people. Other statuses are fine. If the bug needs to be closed, then we ask people to request it in a comment and the developer should then close the report.