Description of problem: The standard command-line tftp client under linux is unable to download the kernel and initrd images from spacewalk profiles on cobbler server because they contain a : in the path. The tftp client interprets this as the host:/path specification and gets confused. The is a problem for the xen bootloader pypxeboot. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.use pypxeboot in combination with a spacewalk profile on cobbler Actual results: fail Expected results: a machine that boots Additional info:
fixed in spacewalk master: 6eab1c0de64bffc0ad4a6596eb73ccbc38595fab 88706d3f044bf1c58572cb90787f5dcbb1eac234 new config option "cobbler.name.separator" For example, to change the separator to a single dash, simply add: cobbler.name.separato = - to /etc/rhn/rhn.conf
This bug has been fixed in Spacewalk 1.0. Closing.