Bug 681978

Summary:	Uninstalling client if the server is installed should be prevented
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Namita Soman <nsoman>
Component:	ipa	Assignee:	Rob Crittenden <rcritten>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Chandrasekar Kannan <ckannan>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.1	CC:	benl, dpal, jgalipea, mkosek
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	ipa-2.1.0-1.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Unconfiguring the IPA client on a running IPA server will effectively break the server by removing required configuration such as /etc/krb5.conf. Consequence: The IPA server would be left in a non-working state. Fix: The client uninstaller now detects the installation state of an installed server. Result: Attempting to uninstall the client on a server will result in an error message. The client will be uninstalled when/if the server is uninstalled.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2011-12-06 18:20:35 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Namita Soman 2011-03-03 18:44:58 UTC

Description of problem:
Running ipa=client-install --uninstall on a machine where ipa server is installed, will allow the client to be uninstalled. This leaves the server unusable, and so this uninstall should not be allowed.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ipa-client-2.0.0-13.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. On server machine, run ipa=client-install --uninstall
2. 
3.
  
Actual results:
Client is uninstalled

Expected results:
Chould not allow client to be uninstalled

Additional info:

Comment 2 Dmitri Pal 2011-03-03 19:16:21 UTC

https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1049

Comment 3 Martin Kosek 2011-04-29 07:27:02 UTC

Upstream commits:
master: d76b9aef39fa0965a0e741d16dcbf9c3279d1af5
ipa-2-0: 8a66b9cf0854fcd3fb9c02c046fe96bfe982c7c8

Comment 4 Jenny Severance 2011-07-19 19:37:55 UTC

verified:

# ipa-client-install --uninstall
IPA client is configured as a part of IPA server on this system.
Please refer to ipa-server-install for uninstallation.

version:
ipa-server-2.0.99-3.20110715T0514zgit4bd85ce.el6.x86_64
ipa-client-2.0.99-3.20110715T0514zgit4bd85ce.el6.x86_64

Comment 5 Rob Crittenden 2011-10-31 15:30:51 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Cause: Unconfiguring the IPA client on a running IPA server will effectively break the server by removing required configuration such as /etc/krb5.conf.
Consequence: The IPA server would be left in a non-working state.
Fix: The client uninstaller now detects the installation state of an installed server.
Result: Attempting to uninstall the client on a server will result in an error message. The client will be uninstalled when/if the server is uninstalled.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 18:20:35 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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1533.html