[Spacewalk-list] Subscribe CentOS 5 to a Software Channel

[dmitry.lozitskiy at asparona.com]

I'm trying to take centos 5 under spacewalk control,
Below is a procedure I follow.

Doing the same steps with centos 6 I don't face any issues, but with centos
5 I don't see any channels assigned to the server, even the channels exist
and synced with centos repo and assigned to the activation key.

Server side:

1. Create repository:

Channels -> Manage Software Channels -> Manage Repositories -> create new
repository

Repository Label* centos5_x86_channel
Repository URL* http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/i386/

2. Channels -> Manage Software Channels -> Create New Channel
Channel Name*: CentOS5 x86 Channel
Channel Label*: centos5_x86_channel

3. Sync channel to ULN

Channels -> Manage Software Channels -> OEL5 x86 channel -> Repositories ->
Sync

4. Create a key

Systems -> Activation Keys -> Create new key 
Description centos5-x86-key
Key: 2-centos5-x86-key
Base Channels: CentOS5 x86 Channel

Client Side:

[root at client /]# uname -a
Linux client 2.6.18-308.16.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Oct 2 22:01:37 EDT 2012 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux 
[root at client ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release 
CentOS release 5.10 (Final)

[root at client /]# yum install  rhn-client-tools rhn-check rhn-setup rhnsd
m2crypto
[root at client /]# rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=http://server/XMLRPC
--activationkey=2-oel5-x86-key

Checking in Spacewalk:

Systems -> client -> Subscribed Channels (Alter Channel Subscriptions) ->
http://postimg.org/image/5xmjl70bd/

The question is why I see "(none, disable service)" in Base Software channel
for centos 5 instead if the list of configured channels?

Just to compare, following the same steps I see for centos 6 system:
http://postimg.org/image/ff8favx77/

Thanks.


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