Bug 874494

Summary: Setting force_timeout with a non-numeric value shouldn't be allowed in sssd.conf
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Amith <apeetham>
Component: sssdAssignee: SSSD Maintainers <sssd-maint>
Status: CLOSED DEFERRED QA Contact: Kaushik Banerjee <kbanerje>
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Version: 7.0CC: dpal, grajaiya, jgalipea, jhrozek, mkosek, pbrezina
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Description Amith 2012-11-08 10:16:22 UTC 
Description of problem:
It is allowed to set non-numeric values to force_timeout parameter in sssd.conf. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
sssd-1.9.2-7.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set force_timeout = TRUE in DOMAIN Section of sssd.conf file
2. Restart sssd service.
3. Send SIGSTOP to process sssd_be
   # kill -s SIGSTOP <PID>

4. Monitor sssd.log file for the messages.
   # tail -f /var/log/sssd.log

Actual results:
The sssd service restarts successfully and sssd_be gets killed in 60 secs. Results are similar to the "force_timeout" default behaviour. 

Expected results:
An error should be shown while starting or restarting the sssd service. Non-numeric values shouldn't be allowed while setting force_timeout parameter in sssd.conf.
Comment 1 Jakub Hrozek 2012-11-08 10:23:51 UTC 
Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/1621
Comment 8 Martin Kosek 2015-04-24 11:23:50 UTC 
Thank you taking your time and submitting this request for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Unfortunately, this bug was not given a priority and was deferred both in the upstream project and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Given that we are unable to fulfill this request in following Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases, I am closing the Bugzilla as DEFERRED. To request that Red Hat re-considers the decision, please re-open the Bugzilla via appropriate support channels and provide additional business and/or technical details about its importance to you.

Note that you can still track this request or even contribute patches in the referred upstream Trac ticket.