Bug 1747456

Summary: Document realmd.conf and how realmd reads the configuration
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Sumit Bose <sbose>
Component: realmdAssignee: Sumit Bose <sbose>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: sssd-qe <sssd-qe>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 8.2CC: erinn.looneytriggs, pcech, sgadekar, sgoveas, sssd-qe
Target Milestone: rcFlags: sbose: mirror+
Target Release: 8.2   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: sync-to-jira
Fixed In Version: realmd-0.16.3-17.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Clone Of: 1625005 Environment:
Last Closed: 2020-04-28 16:59:49 UTC Type: Bug
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Comment 2 shridhar 2020-01-27 08:01:10 UTC 
Tested with following data:

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In previous version
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waCF9]# rpm -q realmd
realmd-0.16.3-16.el8.x86_64
[root@ci-vm-10-0-138-141 tmp.HScVKwaCF9]# man realmd.conf | col -b| sed -n '/CONFIGURATION FILE/,/There are various/p'
<snip>
CONFIGURATION FILE
       realmd can be tweaked by network administrators to act in specific ways. This is done by placing settings in
       a /etc/realmd.conf. This file does not exist by default. The syntax of this file is the same as an INI file
       or Desktop Entry file.
[...]
       Only specify the settings you wish to override in the /etc/realmd.conf file. Settings not specified will be
       loaded from their packaged defaults. Only override the settings below. You may find other settings if you
       look through the realmd source code. However these are not guaranteed to remain stable.

       There are various sections in the config file. Some sections are global topic sections, and are listed
</snip>
[root@ci-vm-10-0-138-141 tmp.HScVKwaCF9]# 


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In fixed version
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]# rpm -q realmd
realmd-0.16.3-17.el8.x86_64

7]# man realmd.conf|col -b| sed -n '/CONFIGURATION FILE/,/There are various/p'
<snip>
CONFIGURATION FILE
       realmd can be tweaked by network administrators to act in specific ways. This is done by placing settings in
       a /etc/realmd.conf. This file does not exist by default. The syntax of this file is the same as an INI file
       or Desktop Entry file. If the file is changed and realmd is running realmd must be restarted to read the new
       values.
[....]
       Only specify the settings you wish to override in the /etc/realmd.conf file. Settings not specified will be
       loaded from their packaged defaults which can be found in /usr/lib/realmd/realmd-defaults.conf and
       /usr/lib/realmd/realmd-distro.conf. Only override the settings below. You may find other settings if you
       look through the realmd source code. However these are not guaranteed to remain stable.

       There are various sections in the config file. Some sections are global topic sections, and are listed
</snip>

marking verified
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-28 16:59:49 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1884