Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1126989
ipa-client-install creates configuration file with deprecated values
Last modified: 2015-03-05 05:13:00 EST
Description of problem: ipa-client-install configures ipa on clients. It creates /etc/ipa/default.conf with the proper configuration. It populates "server" field, which according to man default.conf is deprecated. This came up because another tool I use was parsing that file and was expecting "host" not "server", which according to the man page is the preferred value. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ipa-client-3.0.0-37.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ipa-client-install 2. grep '\(host\|server\)' /etc/ipa/default.conf Actual results: server = ipaserver.kbnet.redhat.com Expected results: host = ipaserver.kbnet.redhat.com Additional info: Thanks
Thanks for report! I see exactly the same issue was just reported in upstream FreeIPA: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4481. I will link those 2 together. I briefly checked in the code, we do not use api.env.server except one place, we probably copy it to, widely used, api.env.host variable. This needs to be investigated in the upstream ticket.
Thank you Martin, Sorry that this was a double post. I didn't know Nalin had posted this in freeipa. This is related as, the "other tool" is written by Nalin. --K
Fixed upstream master: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/89c4f1242558d725a1771dce444df5737e49289e ipa-4-1: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/d82bc63960c22783d8fb56bcca5e21825d9a02cc - host option description in man page was fixed - it is the local hostname. The option is now also generated by client installer by default - server option was "un-deprecated" in the client default.conf - this specifies the server that the client enrolled with.
Verified on ipa-client-4.1.0-13.el7.x86_64: [root@qe-blade-05 ~]# ipa-client-install WARNING: ntpd time&date synchronization service will not be configured as conflicting service (chronyd) is enabled Use --force-ntpd option to disable it and force configuration of ntpd Discovery was successful! Hostname: qe-blade-05.testrelm.test Realm: TESTRELM.TEST DNS Domain: testrelm.test IPA Server: hp-dl385gen8-01.testrelm.test BaseDN: dc=testrelm,dc=test Continue to configure the system with these values? [no]: y . . . Client configuration complete. [root@qe-blade-05 ~]# grep '\(host\|server\)' /etc/ipa/default.conf server = hp-dl385gen8-01.testrelm.test host = qe-blade-05.testrelm.test
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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0442.html