diff -rupN cobbler-2.0.7.old/cobbler/templar.py cobbler-2.0.7/cobbler/templar.py --- cobbler-2.0.7.old/cobbler/templar.py 2015-05-06 14:47:57.858206601 -0400 +++ cobbler-2.0.7/cobbler/templar.py 2015-05-06 14:54:56.002214099 -0400 @@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ class Templar: # tell Cheetah not to blow up if it can't find a symbol for something raw_data = "#errorCatcher ListErrors\n" + raw_data + # specify unicode encoding for Cheetah Compiler + raw_data = "#unicode UTF-8\n" + raw_data + table_copy = search_table.copy() # for various reasons we may want to call a module inside a template and pass diff -rupN cobbler-2.0.7.old/cobbler/template_api.py cobbler-2.0.7/cobbler/template_api.py --- cobbler-2.0.7.old/cobbler/template_api.py 2015-05-06 14:47:57.860206615 -0400 +++ cobbler-2.0.7/cobbler/template_api.py 2015-05-06 14:59:50.250384146 -0400 @@ -311,8 +311,9 @@ class Template(BuiltinTemplate, MacrosTe pass try: - return utils.read_file_contents('%s/%s' % (self.getVar('snippetsdir'), - file), fetch_if_remote=True) + return "#unicode UTF-8\n" + utils.read_file_contents( + '%s/%s' % (self.getVar('snippetsdir'), file), + fetch_if_remote=True) except FileNotFoundException: return None