Description of problem: Special characters are allowed to be in the name for Config channel. But if you enter left and right parenthesis or curly braces, its omitted from the name without a warning. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhn-satellite-5.0.2-1-redhat-linux-as-i386-4-embedded-oracle.iso How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a config channel 2. Give special characters in the name.(eg: #$*":'? 3. Enter label and description and save. 4. The config channel with the above name is created. 5. Now Edit the above config channel properties 6. Add ( , ) , { or } to the name. 7 Click Edit Config channel button. Actual results: ( , ) , { and } are omitted from the name without any warning message Expected results: 1. I am not sure if special charters are allowed as names for config channels. 2. If ( , ) , { and } are excluded from the the permitted characters there should be a warning message. Additional info:
Moving to 5.2. We don't give warnings in 5.1 either.
Still present on Satellite 5.4.1.
We have not addressed this specific bug for over 4 years. This bug was reported as either Satellite 5.0 or 5.1, both of which have now End of Life and not supported. I am closing out as wontfix to clear from backlog. Please re-open if you disagree and wish further review. Cliff