Description of problem: An error message is rised in the logs when sosreport is run: nslcd[27628]: [364d9d] nslcd_passwd_byname(~): invalid user name Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum list | grep sos sos.noarch 2.2-17.el6_2.3 @rhel-x86_64-server-6 How reproducible: This happens every time the sosreport is run (with rpm plugin enabled, and nslcd installed - ldap authentication) Steps to Reproduce: 1. run sosreport -o rpm 2. 3. Actual results: May 11 15:33:04 srvname nslcd[27628]: [364d9d] nslcd_passwd_byname(~): invalid user name is logged in /var/log/messages Expected results: No error in /var/log/messages Additional info: This most likely comes from the /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sos/plugins/rpm.py file containing: self.collectExtOutput("/bin/rpm -qa --qf=\"%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}~~%{INSTALLTIME:date}\n\" --nosignature --nodigest|/bin/awk -F ~~ '{printf \"%-60s%s\\n\",$1,$2}'|sort", root_symlink = "installed-rpms") instead of self.collectExtOutput("/bin/rpm -qa --qf=\"%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}~~%{INSTALLTIME:date}\n\" --nosignature --nodigest|/bin/awk -F '~~' '{printf \"%-60s%s\\n\",$1,$2}'|sort", root_symlink = "installed-rpms")
Thanks for the report and analysis. You're correct - that unguarded tilde is being expanded by the shell. Since it does not expand to a valid user you get the log message. It's a cosmetic problem but easily fixed and we should be able to get this into the next available release. commit ee58ac651a264f5614196493f87b4cf0432f23a6 Author: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr> Date: Fri May 11 16:17:01 2012 +0100 Commit changes for testing on private branch Resolves: bz821005 diff --git a/sos-bz821005-rpm-quote-tildes-defensively.patch b/sos-bz821005-rpm-quote-tildes-defensively.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a2349d --- /dev/null +++ b/sos-bz821005-rpm-quote-tildes-defensively.patch @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +diff -up sos-2.2/sos/plugins/rpm.py.orig sos-2.2/sos/plugins/rpm.py +--- sos-2.2/sos/plugins/rpm.py.orig 2012-05-11 16:10:11.910118556 +0100 ++++ sos-2.2/sos/plugins/rpm.py 2012-05-11 16:11:02.309416127 +0100 +@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class rpm(sos.plugintools.PluginBase): + self.addCopySpec("/var/log/rpmpkgs") + + if self.getOption("rpmq"): +- self.collectExtOutput("/bin/rpm -qa --qf=\"%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}~~%{INSTALLTIME:date}\n\" --nosignature --nodigest|/bin/awk -F ~~ '{printf \"%-59s %s\\n\",$1,$2}'|sort", symlink = "installed-rpms") ++ self.collectExtOutput("/bin/rpm -qa --qf=\"%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}~~%{INSTALLTIME:date}\n\" --nosignature --nodigest|/bin/awk -F '~~' '{printf \"%-59s %s\\n\",$1,$2}'|sort", symlink = "installed-rpms") + + if self.getOption("rpmva"): + self.collectExtOutput("/bin/rpm -Va", symlink = "rpm-Va", timeout = 3600) I can make packages available for testing if you'd like to check that this resolves the problem for you.
Test packages are available here: http://people.redhat.com/breeves/packages/sos/2.2/27.el6_3.1.bz821005/
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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-2013-0474.html