Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 532642
The --cookiefile argument is not honoured
Last modified: 2010-06-28 11:22:37 EDT
Created attachment 367269 [details] Patch to force the use of --cookiefile argument or if the argument is not present, don't use cookiefile at all Description of problem: The /usr/bin/bugzilla command does not honour --cookiefile. The authentication cookies are always saved under ~/.bugzillacookies, no matter what one sets with --cookiefile argument. Additional/related problem is that one can't define /usr/bin/bugzilla to not to use any cookiefile at all. I need to be able to use a differently named cookiefile or no cookiefile at all, because I have no write access to the home directory of the user using the /usr/bin/bugzilla command. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-bugzilla-0.5.1-2.fc11.noarch How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to use the --cookiefile="something" argument Actual results: The authentication cookies are saved in ~/.bugzillacookies Expected results: The authentication cookies should have been saved in "something" Additional info: This is how I tested it: [joyr@joyr ~]$ rm ~/.bugzillacookies /tmp/MY_PRECIOUS_COOKIES rm: cannot remove `/tmp/MY_PRECIOUS_COOKIES': No such file or directory [joyr@joyr ~]$ bugzilla --bugzilla='http://.../bugzilla/xmlrpc.cgi' --cookiefile=/tmp/MY_PRECIOUS_COOKIES --user='...@...' --password='...' login Logging in... Authorization cookie received. [joyr@joyr ~]$ ls -l ~/.bugzillacookies /tmp/MY_PRECIOUS_COOKIES ls: cannot access /tmp/MY_PRECIOUS_COOKIES: No such file or directory -rw------- 1 joyr joyr 284 2009-11-03 10:35 /home/joyr/.bugzillacookies [joyr@joyr ~]$ rpm -q python-bugzilla I have attached a small patch (my first Python experience) which is probably not the ideal way to fix this, but works for my needs.
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