Description of problem: When installing satellite with an answer file, if I reference the path to the answer file using a ~ then it seems to ignore my answer file and eventually it prompts me for the location of my cert file which was already provided in the answer file. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Satellite-5.3.0-RHEL5-re20090817.0-i386-embedded-oracle.iso How reproducible: always Here is my answerfile: [root@dhcp231-142 tmp]# cat ~/satinstall-answer-file.txt admin-email = jsefler rhn-username = jsefler rhn-password = redhat rhn-http-proxy = rhn-http-proxy-username = rhn-http-proxy-password = ssl-set-org = Red Hat ssl-set-common-name = Red Hat Test ssl-set-org-unit = RHEN ssl-set-city = Raleigh ssl-set-state = NC ssl-set-country = US ssl-password = dog8code ssl-set-email = jsefler satellite-cert-file = /root/sat530.cert rhn-parent = satellite.rhn.webqa.redhat.com rhn-server-name = xmlrpc.rhn.webqa.redhat.com run-updater = yes #skip-ssl-vhost-setup = no Here is my install: [root@dhcp231-142 mnt]# ./install.pl --answer-file=~/satinstall-answer-file.txt --skip-db-install --skip-db-population * Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer. ....<cut out>.... * Activating RHN Satellite. Where is your satellite certificate file? Actual/Expected results: I should not be prompted for my satellite certificate. It was supplied in the answerfile. Additional info: if I re-run my install with a full path to the answerfile, then all is good. [root@dhcp231-142 mnt]# ./install.pl --answer-file=/root/satinstall-answer-file.txt --skip-db-install --skip-db-population * Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer. * Loading answer file: /root/satinstall-answer-file.txt. ....<cut out>....
If we get to fix bug 484186, we might consider doing this. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 484186 ***