Bug 508176
| Summary: | RFE: ipa-client-install could search resolv.conf to discover DNS, additionally | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | [Retired] freeIPA | Reporter: | Don Davis <dodavis> |
| Component: | ipa-client | Assignee: | Rob Crittenden <rcritten> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Chandrasekar Kannan <ckannan> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | benl, dpal, jgalipea, mkosek |
| Target Milestone: | future release | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Fixed In Version: | freeipa-2.0.0-1.fc15 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2012-03-28 09:33:15 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
| Embargoed: | |||
| Bug Depends On: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 565950 | ||
see ticket https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/234 |
Description of problem: currently, ipa-client-install examines only the client's hostname, in order to figure out which DNS domain the client belongs in. in weird zone/domain setups, though, the client may be configured to use a different DNS server than the one that the client's FQDN would lead you to expect. nevertheless, even in these weird DNS setups, ipa-client-install usually could still run pretty automatically, by looking through the client's /etc/resolv.conf file to search for the right DNS server. note that the goal here is for ipa-client-install to do the right setup more often, without CLI options, and without throwing any warning messages or prompts to the user for easily-mistyped names. note that the proposal here is not to replace i-c-i's current analysis of the client's FQDN. rather, the proposal would supplement that search, after the FQDN parsing fails to yield a successful DNS lookup. FWIW, i'm filing this RFE at simo's suggestion, after he, edewata, and sgallagh helped me through my confusing newbie experience while setting up ipa-client in just such a messed-up DNS config (my own). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.2.1 How reproducible: yes, reliable Steps to Reproduce: 1. change a desktop's FQDN, so that the donmain-suffix doesn't match the host's actual DNS domain. 2. set up the DNS server's .rev file to list the new hostname correctly 3. run ipa-client-install, without CLI options. Actual results: i-c-i throws a warning: "Discovery of DNS failed!" Expected results: i-c-i should say, "Discovery of DNS succeeded," or whatever i-c-i sings for its happy song. Additional info: