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This bug is created as a clone of upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2123

ipa-client-install fails when not run as root and returns traceback

reproducible:
run ipa-client-install without root privileges


{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-client-install", line 1282, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-client-install", line 1247, in main
    logging_setup(options)
  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-client-install", line 142, in logging_setup
    filemode='w')
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1511, in basicConfig
    hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 893, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 912, in _open
    stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/ipaclient-install.log'
}}}

It tries to initialize/write a log file in '/var/log/...' before it's checked whether the user is root.

Could be easily solved by moving the 'root check' before log file initialization.

Fixed upstream:

master: bf57388e54261874f3a4c8d77de4e7993f7f62ed
ipa-2-1: 9eb703f408b01ece30e57e844bc533e3e459fb2c

Verified.

Now traceback is not there and only error message is displayed.


[testuser@dhcp201-184 ~]$ ipa-client-install --domain=testrelm.com --realm=TESTRELM.COM -p admin -w Secret123 -U --server=ipa63server.testrelm.com

You must be root to run ipa-client-install.

[testuser@dhcp201-184 ~]$ rpm -q ipa-client
ipa-client-2.2.0-10.el6.x86_64
[testuser@dhcp201-184 ~]$

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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/RHBA-2012-0819.html