796542 – Incorrect error message is displayed when no argument is provided for optional switches.

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Bug 796542 - Incorrect error message is displayed when no argument is provided for optional switches.

Summary: Incorrect error message is displayed when no argument is provided for optiona...

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA
Alias:	None
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	certmonger
Sub Component:
Version:	6.3
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	unspecified
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact:	IDM QE LIST
Docs Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2012-02-23 07:08 UTC by Kaleem
Modified:	2012-06-20 13:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)
Fixed In Version:	certmonger-0.56-1.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:	2012-06-20 13:43:12 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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System	ID	Private	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2012:0833	0	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	certmonger bug fix and enhancement update	2012-06-19 20:49:14 UTC

Description Kaleem 2012-02-23 07:08:11 UTC

Description of problem:
When no argument is provided for optional switches, an incorrect error message is displayed.
  "request: invalid option -- 'I'" which should be "request : option requires an argument --'I'"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
certmonger-0.55-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install certmonger and start certmonger service
2.Try to generate a certificate request without providing argument to one of optional switches. e.g.
  getcert request -d /tmp/kaleem/ -n certtest -c Selfsign -I
3.Observe the error message displayed on console.
  
Actual results:

[root@dhcp201-197 ~]# getcert request -d /tmp/kaleem/ -n certtest -I
request: invalid option -- 'I'
getcert - client certificate enrollment tool
Usage: getcert request [options]

Expected results:
Error message of line 2 in above output, should be like RHEL 6.2's error message.
  "request : option requires an argument --'I'"

Comment 4 Kaleem 2012-03-08 14:02:49 UTC

Verified.

Certmonger Version:
[root@dhcp201-197 ~]# rpm -q certmonger
certmonger-0.56-1.el6.x86_64
[root@dhcp201-197 ~]#

Now following error message is displayed when no argument is provided with optional switches.

Manual:

[root@dhcp201-197 ~]# getcert request -d /tmp/kaleem/ -n certtest -c SelfSign -I
request: option requires an argument -- 'I'
getcert - client certificate enrollment tool

Automated:
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -f /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/test.crt -k /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/test.key -c SelfSign -g > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'g''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -c SelfSign -I > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'cat /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out '
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'I''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -c > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'c''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -c SelfSign -P > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'P''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -c SelfSign -p > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'p''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -c SelfSign -U > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'U''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -c SelfSign -E > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'E''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'selfsign-getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -N > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'N''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -c SelfSign -K > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'cat /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'K''
:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'getcert request -d /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp -n certtest -c SelfSign -D > /tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out 2>&1'
:: [   PASS   ] :: File '/tmp/tmp.KJR6qqpdyp/temp_test.out' should contain 'request: option requires an argument -- 'D''

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 13:43:12 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0833.html

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