Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 835363
Installation of rhev manager fails if a space is used in password.
Last modified: 2014-07-10 20:09:09 EDT
Description of problem: Run the rhevm installation script and choose a password with an embedded space. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Fails. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use a password with an embedded space, eg red hat Actual results: 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::common_utils::197::root:: retcode = 1 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1960::root:: *** The following params were used as user input: 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: override-iptables: no 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: http-port: 8080 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: https-port: 8443 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: mac-range: 00:1A:4A:41:D3:00-00:1A:4A:41:D3:FF 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: host-fqdn: vm187.gsslab.pnq.********.com 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: auth-pass: ******** 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: db-pass: ******** 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: org-name: Red Hat 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: default-dc-type: NFS 2012-05-22 14:23:36::DEBUG::rhevm-setup::1964::root:: config-nfs: no 2012-05-22 14:23:36::ERROR::rhevm-setup::2295::root:: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/rhevm-setup", line 2289, in <module> main(confFile) File "/usr/bin/rhevm-setup", line 2126, in main runMainFunctions(conf) File "/usr/bin/rhevm-setup", line 2043, in runMainFunctions runFunction([_createDB, _updateVDCOptions], output_messages.INFO_CREATE_DB) File "/usr/bin/rhevm-setup", line 1397, in runFunction raise Exception(instance) Exception: Failed updating configuration parameter: Error: failed updating configuration field CertAlias to rhevm Expected results: No Error Additional info: The problem is caused by /etc/pki/rhevm/encryptpasswd.sh on the rhevm server. Lines 32 and 34 should have $1 wrapped as "$1" which tells the shell to ignore spaces in arg.
Same issue here. Not fixed yet in upstream. Patch sent: http://gerrit.ovirt.org/7024
No need to support white spaces in the password. Let's verify that and give a proper error message (and of course let the User pick another password).
Patch posted for review: http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/7033/
Merged: http://gerrit.ovirt.org/gitweb?p=ovirt-engine.git;a=commit;h=df3ad393be2a5787028809bba6038de7e4d9a10c
Verified on SI16. Error is indeed givern "Error: White spaces are not allowed in passwords" Full log: [root@lilach-rhel yum.repos.d]# engine-setup Welcome to RHEV Manager setup utility In order to proceed the installer must stop the JBoss service Would you like to stop the JBoss service? (yes|no): yes Stopping JBoss... RHEV Manager uses httpd to proxy requests to the application server. It looks like the httpd installed locally is being actively used. The installer can override current configuration . Alternatively you can use JBoss directly (on ports higher than 1024) Do you wish to override current httpd configuration and restart the service? ['yes'| 'no'] [yes] : yes HTTP Port [80] : HTTPS Port [443] : Host fully qualified domain name. Note: this name should be fully resolvable [lilach-rhel.qa.lab.tlv.redhat.com] : Password for Administrator (admin@internal) : Error: White spaces are not allowed in passwords Password for Administrator (admin@internal) : Error: White spaces are not allowed in passwords Password for Administrator (admin@internal) : Warning: Weak Password. Confirm password : Organization Name for the Certificate [qa.lab.tlv.redhat.com] : The default storage type you will be using ['NFS'| 'FC'| 'ISCSI'] [NFS] : Enter DB type for installation ['remote'| 'local'] [local] : Local database password : Error: White spaces are not allowed in passwords Local database password : Error: White spaces are not allowed in passwords Local database password : Warning: Weak Password. Confirm password : Configure NFS share on this server to be used as an ISO Domain? ['yes'| 'no'] [yes] : no Firewall ports need to be opened. The installer can configure iptables automatically overriding the current configuration. The old configuration will be backed up. Alternately you can configure the firewall later using an example iptables file found under /etc/ovirt-engine/iptables.example Configure iptables ? ['yes'| 'no']: yes RHEV Manager will be installed using the following configuration: ================================================================= override-httpd-config: yes http-port: 80 https-port: 443 host-fqdn: lilach-rhel.qa.lab.tlv.redhat.com auth-pass: ******** org-name: qa.lab.tlv.redhat.com default-dc-type: NFS db-remote-install: local db-local-pass: ******** config-nfs: no override-iptables: yes Proceed with the configuration listed above? (yes|no): yes Installing: Configuring RHEV Manager... [ DONE ] Creating CA... [ DONE ] Editing JBoss Configuration... [ DONE ] Setting Database Configuration... [ DONE ] Setting Database Security... [ DONE ] Creating Database... [ DONE ] Updating the Default Data Center Storage Type... [ DONE ] Editing RHEV Manager Configuration... [ DONE ] Editing Postgresql Configuration... [ DONE ] Configuring Firewall (iptables)... [ DONE ] Starting JBoss Service... [ DONE ] Configuring HTTPD... [ DONE ] **** Installation completed successfully ****** (Please allow RHEV Manager a few moments to start up.....) **** To access RHEV Manager browse to http://lilach-rhel.qa.lab.tlv.redhat.com:80 **** Additional information: * There are less than 4 GBs of available free memory on this machine. It is recommended to have at least 4 GBs of available memory to run the RHEV Manager. * RHEV Manager CA SSL Certificate SHA1 fingerprint: BB:7A:FD:41:A6:03:BB:97:E7:71:44:16:C5:0F:2E:1B:DE:99:DD:6F * SSH Public key fingerprint: e4:4a:75:a7:81:d7:99:9f:38:26:c1:bf:85:b1:74:4d * The firewall has been updated, the old iptables configuration file was saved to /var/lib/ovirt-engine/backups/iptables.backup.105042-09022012_3115 * The installation log file is available at: /var/log/ovirt-engine/engine-setup_2012_09_02_10_47_30.log * Please use the user "admin" and password specified in order to login into RHEV Manager * To configure additional users, first configure authentication domains using the 'rhevm-manage-domains' utility [root@lilach-rhel yum.repos.d]#