Description of problem: If rhncfg* are not installed on a Host "Schedule Deploy Action" for a configuration fails fails. error Permission Error. You do not have the appropriate permission set to access the requested page. You may have reached this error page in one of several ways: 1. Your login session has expired. For security reasons, RHN Satellite terminates your login session after 60 minutes of inactivity. To sign in again, click here. 2. You've found an error in our site. Please contact your Support representative with details of how you received this message. 3. Your browser does not have cookies enabled. The RHN Satellite requires cookies in order to function; if you have disabled them, please re-enable them to use the site. 4. You've done something naughty. Stop it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Satellite 5.4.0 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Register a Host to Satellite 2. Ensure that rhncfg* are not installed on the Host 3. Subscribe the Host to a Configuration channel 4. Systems -> HOST -> Configuration -> Schedule Deploy Action Actual results: error Permission Error. You do not have the appropriate permission set to access the requested page. You may have reached this error page in one of several ways: 1. Your login session has expired. For security reasons, RHN Satellite terminates your login session after 60 minutes of inactivity. To sign in again, click here. 2. You've found an error in our site. Please contact your Support representative with details of how you received this message. 3. Your browser does not have cookies enabled. The RHN Satellite requires cookies in order to function; if you have disabled them, please re-enable them to use the site. 4. You've done something naughty. Stop it. Expected results: Some Warning/Explanation that rhncfg* are not installed on the Host. Additional info:
Fixed in Spacewalk master, 3a51ef4f80bafeac4f53b3c8f1f43e65d6a990a0.
This issue is resolved with the release of RHN Satellite 5.5. As of September 20th 2012, RHN Satellite 5.5 has been generally available. Release Notes and other 5.5 documentation can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/ The associated Errata for the 5.5 release are: 5.5 Satellite GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1296.html 5.5 Upgrade Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1298.html 5.5 RHN Proxy GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1297.html 5.5 RHN Tools GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1299.html Regards, Clifford - Engineering Manager, Satellite