virt-v2v fails when' /etc/fstab' contains a cifs mount line with "password=" option

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • virt-v2v fails when converting vms from vmware to rhev with the below error message if /etc/fstab contained a cifs line with password= in the options field.
"inspect_os: could not parse /etc/fstab or empty file at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Sys/VirtConvert/GuestfsHandle.pm line 187.   at /usr/bin/virt-v2v line 602"
  • The problematic line in /etc/fstab was as below.
domain.org/share_v2 /mnt cifs defaults,ro,password= 0 0
  • Commenting out above line in /etc/fstab or removing = from the password= or adding a password after password= should work around this problem.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • virt-v2v-0.8.3-5.el6.x86_64

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