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Bug 651792 - rhn-channel: RFE: list all available channels related to my system.
Summary: rhn-channel: RFE: list all available channels related to my system.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rhn-client-tools
Version: 6.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Miroslav Suchý
QA Contact: Martin Minar
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 582655
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-11-10 10:05 UTC by Petr Sklenar
Modified: 2016-07-04 00:55 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: rhn-client-tools-1.0.0-51
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 13:05:18 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0565 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE rhn-client-tools and yum-rhn-plugin bug fix and ehnancement update 2011-05-18 17:57:10 UTC

Description Petr Sklenar 2010-11-10 10:05:31 UTC 
Description of problem:
Please add support for listing available channels. 
rhn-channel can contain option for ex: --available-channels

Steps to Reproduce:

1.rhn-channel -l
my-base-channel

2.rhn-channel --available-channels
your system can be subscribed to :
child-channel-1
child-channel-2

  
Expected results:
I can list all available channels related to my system.
Comment 1 Miroslav Suchý 2011-01-14 16:08:14 UTC 
fixed in spacewalk.git in commit b9514bdb221d9635f58c188d3408146f1058f6ba
Comment 2 Miroslav Suchý 2011-01-17 15:03:13 UTC 
cherrypicked to satellite.git as commit 11659a3a8eb22756cd19e8b92c9079d4cfcc7de7
Comment 5 Miroslav Suchý 2011-02-24 10:03:25 UTC 
This is the same problem as was in bug 651857. Flipping back
Comment 7 Miroslav Suchý 2011-02-24 13:34:01 UTC 
Fixed in spacewalk.git in commit 3612ebb308e43497ab380464f2d197e591579396
Cherry-picked to satellite.git as commit 57050333742e40fffd7fb971be5968606e502c0d
Comment 8 Martin Minar 2011-02-28 09:35:25 UTC 
Verified in rhn-client-tools-1.0.0-51.el6.noarch
Comment 9 Paul Wouters 2011-05-12 17:29:44 UTC 
work around: yum repolist all

which is what I had to use.

Note that there is no man page (but that's filed in another bug) but more importantly the --help for "list" channels does not even clarify whether this is listing the installed or available channels. I had no idea until i found the above yum command.

Note this is for rhel5, not rhel6. I have no access to rhel6 to verify.
Comment 10 Petr Sklenar 2011-05-13 07:09:10 UTC 
hello,
I am registered on the rhel6 box and 'rhn-channel -l' works as expected.

When I am trying 'rhn-channel -L'  it needs username and password, why?
When I try 'yum repolist all' (thx to Paul Wouters from Comment 9) it does not need any username and password

using rhn-setup-1.0.0-60.el6.noarch
Comment 11 Miroslav Suchý 2011-05-13 07:26:43 UTC 
Ad #9
rhn-channel in RHEL6.1 state:
       -l, --list
              Print a list of channel(s) that you are currently subscribed to.

       -L, --available-channels
              Print a list of all available child channels.

Which is IMHO under-stable.

Ad #10:
That is becouse -l use backend API call, which use only systemID, while -L use frontend API call system.listChildChannels() which require user and password. 

That is IMO correct, because it will be IMO potentional security problem to pass such information without login/password. List of channels you are subscribed to, is what somebody with Satellite account have given to you. You should not be allowed to see more. Unless you know the password.
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 13:05:18 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0565.html
Comment 16 Alasdair Kergon 2011-05-27 14:30:05 UTC 
The link to the errata above is incorrect and should be http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA -2011-0565.html  (remove the space)
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