RHN Satellite raises traceback if no ip6addr value is present during hw sync
Issue
- If
ipv6is disabled on the client machine then runningrhn-profile-syncraises
following traceback messages in the Red Hat Network Satellite server
[error] RHN 916 2012/05/17 06:10:42 -04:00:
("Unknown HW key =`ip6addr'", {'ip6addr': '', 'hostname': 'unknown', 'ipaddr':
'xx.xx.xx.xx', 'class': 'NETINFO'}, {'class': None})
[error] Exception reported from
[error] Time: Thu May 17 06:10:42 2012
[error] Exception type <type 'exceptions.KeyError'>
[error]
[error] Exception Handler Information
[error] Traceback (most recent call last):
[error] File
"/usr/share/rhn/server/rhnServer/server_hardware.py", line 266, in __init__
[error] dict.dict())
[error] KeyError: ("Don't know how to parse key
`ip6addr''", {'ip6addr': '', 'hostname': 'unknown', 'ipaddr': 'xx.xx.xx.xx', 'class': 'NETINFO'})
[error]
- Why do I see this in my Red Hat Network Satellite logs?
[Mon Jun 25 09:46:16 2012] [error] proxy: AJP: failed to make connection to backend: localhost
RHN 3417 2012/06/25 09:51:48 +01:00: ("Unknown HW key =`ip6addr'", {'ip6addr': '', 'hostname': 'examplehost', 'ipaddr': '10.0.0.1', 'class': 'NETINFO'}, {'class': None})
Environment
- Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 or 5.4.1 (running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6)
spacewalk-*packages with versions older than1.2.13-75
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