password authentication broken with python2.7

[Bevan]

Binary package hint: bcfg2

The bcfg2 client does not send his authentication data to the server when using python2.7 and authentication via password (BasicAuth) is enabled. So bcfg2 is completely useles when using this kind of configuration.

More information and a patch (which also will be included in the next bcfg2 version) can be found here:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.bcfg2.devel/4048

I think it would be a good idea to include this patch in the package.

Ubuntu version: 11.04 (natty)
Package version: 1.1.1-2ubuntu1

[Marc Gariépy (mgariepy)]

I have the same problem.
here is the patche you need to apply to the code.

i build the package in my ppa for testing here: https://launchpad.net/~mgariepy/+archive/ppa/+packages

===================================================================
--- bcfg2-1.1.1.orig/src/lib/Proxy.py 2011-05-13 16:31:07.067761778 -0400
+++ bcfg2-1.1.1/src/lib/Proxy.py 2011-05-13 16:31:26.647790486 -0400
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
         self.timeout = timeout

     def make_connection(self, host):
- host = self.get_host_info(host)[0]
+ host, self._extra_headers = self.get_host_info(host)[0:2]
         http = SSLHTTPConnection(host, key=self.key, cert=self.cert, ca=self.ca,
                                  scns=self.scns, timeout=self.timeout)
         https = httplib.HTTP()

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

Thanks for reporting this bug.
I'm currently preparing an SRU fixing it.

Once it's accepted in -proposed, I'd appreciate if you could install the new package and make sure it works fine for you.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bcfg2 - 1.1.1-3ubuntu2

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bcfg2 (1.1.1-3ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Add python2.7 fix (LP: #777999)
  * Sort patches/series to make it easier to read
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Mon, 16 May 2011 09:56:46 -0400

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Accepted bcfg2 into natty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Marc Gariépy (mgariepy)]

I just tested the package in proposed and it works wonderfully thanks :)

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

I can also confirm the fix.

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root@ltsp-root01:~# bcfg2 -qkv
Server failure: Protocol Error: 401 Unauthorized
Failed to download probes from bcfg2
Server Failure

oot@ltsp-root01:~# apt-get install bcfg2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  bcfg2
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 89.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-proposed/universe bcfg2 all 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.1 [89.4 kB]
1% [1 bcfg2 1,131 B/89.4 kB 1%]
Fetched 89.4 kB in 1s (79.0 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 15320 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bcfg2 1.1.1-2ubuntu1 (using .../bcfg2_1.1.1-2ubuntu1.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bcfg2 ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up bcfg2 (1.1.1-2ubuntu1.1) ...

root@ltsp-root01:~# bcfg2 -qkv
Running probe raid
Probe raid has result:

Running probe laptop
Probe laptop has result:
group:hw-server
server
...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bcfg2 - 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.1

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bcfg2 (1.1.1-2ubuntu1.1) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  * Fix python2.7 support (LP: #777999)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Mon, 16 May 2011 09:20:10 -0400