The software described in this documentation is either no longer supported or is in extended support.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade to a current supported release.
After a Spacewalk server is upgraded, using existing kickstart profiles and distributions might result in errors. The web interface might show error messages such as:
This kickstart profile uses a different type of
encryption by default than the root password is currently
using. You must reset the root password to encrypt it with the
new method.
The solution is:
Reset the
rootpassword.Restart the Spacewalk service.
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/usr/sbin/spacewalk-service restartRemount your distribution trees and ISO images.