> Where did you get your RPM and what operating system are you using? Is 
> it installed from an RPM and did you make any changes with regard to 
> what "custom" means?

I downloaded the source tarball from:

http://people.fedoraproject.org/~mdehaan/files/cobbler/cobbler-1.2.4.tar.gz

As a policy, we prefer not to install anything in the OS area -- thus we 
tend to avoid RPMs -- but rather place applications into their own tree, 
and have a separate area where we put data files. Most -- if not all -- 
of the customization involved changing the hard-coded paths in various 
files so that Cobbler could find its configuration in its data directory 
rather than in /etc/cobbler, /var/lib/cobbler, etc. This was 
accomplished using find/sed.

I used 'setup.py' (with the path changes mentioned above) to install but 
I broke it up so that Cobbler would be installs in the right places and 
as the right user. First (Cobbler scripts):

/local/bin/python    /local/pkg/cobbler-1.2.4/src/setup.py build
/local/bin/python    /local/pkg/cobbler-1.2.4/src/setup.py \
          install_scripts \
        --install-dir=/local/pkg/cobbler-1.2.4/root/bin

Next (Cobbler python libraries):

/local/bin/python /local/pkg/cobbler-1.2.4/src/setup.py install_lib

And finally (Cobbler data):

/local/bin/python /local/pkg/cobbler-1.2.4/src/setup.py install_data

I can send you my full transcripts if that helps.

Fairly sure I got the custom paths right. If I remove the config 
directory altogether, I get this message (even if I run as root):

[EMAIL PROTECTED] repo]$ cobbler
Insufficient permissions.  Use cobbler aclsetup to grant access to 
non-root users.

> Judging from the OS release bits below, might you have something /else/? 
> If you're running Cobbler on another platform then perhaps the 
> os_version routine does not work there.

This system is Red Hat Enterprise 5.2. We are using our own python 
rather than the system version. Are there any known problems with v.2.5.x?

> I'd need more details to speculate further.

Just ask...


Thanks,

Chris
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