+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #451721 +++

Description of problem:
The server side component of rhnpush is unable to create /var/satellite folder
on its own since its run as an apache user who does not have create permissions
under /var. This for example can be an issue if some one tries to rhnpush a
package to a satellite before running satellite-sync.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): noticed in 511, it
may have been prevalent in earlier versions also..

How reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce: 
Many ways to reproduce this. One way
1. Install a satellite (don't run satellite-sync yet)
2.  rhnpush foo.rpm -uadmin -p password --nosig -v --server=https://localhost/APP

Actual results:

  Error pushing foo.rpm: Error 500Error Message:
    Package upload failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/satellite'

Expected results:
No errors..

Another way to reproduce this is to  temporarily rename /var/satellite to
something else (/var/satellite-backup) and trying the same rhn push command...


Additional info:

--- Additional comment from mmccune on 2008-06-27 15:39:19 EDT ---

WORKAROUND: 

mkdir /var/satellite
chown apache:root /var/satellite

Then try rhnpush again.

--- Additional comment from cperry on 2008-09-02 13:17:11 EDT ---

Sounds like the installer should address this issue and not depend on python code for sat sync running as root needing to create the location correctly. 

Cliff

--- Additional comment from bperkins on 2008-09-18 15:35:22 EDT ---

*** Bug 436097 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

--- Additional comment from bperkins on 2008-11-03 22:25:17 EDT ---

The problem is in:

_verifyPkgRepMountPoint in /usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py (or
equivalent in Spacewalk)

I think that if the directory doesn't exist, the mkdir should be in the spec for rhns-satellite-tools (or equivalent in Spacewalk).

--- Additional comment from jpazdziora on 2008-12-02 08:47:30 EDT ---

Should _verifyPkgRepMountPoint create that directory at all? Shouldn't the code which puts the directory to /etc/rhn/rhn.conf also create that directory? I do not like it in the .spec either because you could change it in the answer file.

--- Additional comment from jpazdziora on 2008-12-02 09:22:16 EDT ---

I'm taking this bugzilla.

My plan is to create the directory in spacewalk-setup / install/stage2.pl, not in the satellite-sync.