Satellite 6 API returns no facts values with non admin user
Environment
- Red Hat Satellite 6.1 prior to Red Hat Satellite 6.1.9
Issue
- If a user not having
Administrator role
tries to query system facts from Satellite 6, an empty response is returned. - If the administrator does query the system facts from Satellite 6, all facts are returned as expected.
Resolution
- This issue has been tracked in BZ 1333112
- To avoid the issue, please apply errata RHBA-2016:1084 to upgrade to Satellite 6.1.9
Diagnostic Steps
- Create a user with
view_facts
andupload_facts
permissions - Try to get some facts by querying
https://<satellite_server>/api/v2/hosts/<host>/facts
- An empty result is returned.
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