+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #676639 +++

Description of problem:
When uploading or diffing files using the web UI a exceptions.OSError is showed when handling files with SELinux set to disabled

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Spacewalk 1.4

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. login to satellite webui
2. click systems in red tab
3. click server name in system column
4. click configuration tab
5. click import selected files from system
      Type any file (per example /etc/rsyslog.conf and /etc/motd)
6. click import configuration files
7. click confirm
8. on RHEL6 client, run rhn_check -v 
  
Actual results:

This error message is showed

[root@rhel6-client ~]# rhn_check  -vv
D: check_action {'action': "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>configfiles.upload</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><int>443</int></value>\n</param>\n<param>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>/etc/test-selinux-disabled</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n", 'version': 2, 'id': 443}
updateLoginInfo() login info
D: login(forceUpdate=True) invoked
logging into up2date server
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC up2date.login
D: writeCachedLogin() invoked
D: Wrote pickled loginInfo at  1297335285.87  with expiration of  1297338885.87  seconds.
<snip>
D: handle_action {'action': "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>configfiles.upload</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><int>443</int></value>\n</param>\n<param>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>/etc/test-selinux-disabled</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n", 'version': 2, 'id': 443}
D: handle_action actionid = 443, version = 2
D: do_call configfiles.upload (443, ['/etc/test-selinux-disabled']) {'cache_only': None}
D: Sending back response ((6,), 'Fatal error in Python code occured', {})
D: do_call packages.checkNeedUpdate ('rhnsd=1',) {}
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC up2date.listChannels
D: Called refresh_rpmlist
Updating package profile
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.welcome_message
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.update_packages
D: local action status:  (0, 'rpmlist refreshed', {})
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.welcome_message


==== /var/log/up2date
[Thu Feb 10 08:54:45 2011] up2date D: handle_action {'action': "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>configfiles.upload</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><int>443</int></value>\n</param>\n<param>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>/etc/test-selinux-disabled</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n", 'version': 2, 'id': 443}
[Thu Feb 10 08:54:45 2011] up2date D: handle_action actionid = 443, version = 2
[Thu Feb 10 08:54:45 2011] up2date D: do_call configfiles.upload (443, ['/etc/test-selinux-disabled']) {'cache_only': None}
[Thu Feb 10 08:54:46 2011] up2date
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn_check", line 334, in __run_action
    (status, message, data) = CheckCli.__do_call(method, params, kwargs)
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn_check", line 327, in __do_call
    retval = method(*params, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/actions/configfiles.py", line 186, in upload
    result = r.put_files(action_id, files)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_client/rpc_cli_repository.py", line 109, in put_files
    load_contents=upload_contents)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_common/repository.py", line 189, in _make_file_info
    params.update(self._make_stat_info(local_path, file_stat))
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_common/repository.py", line 135, in _make_stat_info
    ret['selinux_ctx'] = lgetfilecon(path)[1]
<type 'exceptions.OSError'>: [Errno 61] No data available


Expected results:

 Upload the file to Satellite Server as expected

--- Additional comment from mmello on 2011-02-10 10:01:34 EST ---


Basically the issue consist on this: 

[root@rhel6-client ~]# python
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Jul 14 2010, 11:36:05) 
[GCC 4.4.4 20100630 (Red Hat 4.4.4-10)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> from selinux import lgetfilecon
>>> lgetfilecon("/etc/hosts")[1]
'system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0'

>>> lgetfilecon("/etc/test-selinux-disabled")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
OSError: [Errno 61] No data available