Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1147679
ipa man page incorrectly indicates how to add users
Last modified: 2015-03-05 05:14:02 EST
Description of problem: The ipa man page for ipa group-add-member says: ipa group-add-member bar --users=admin,foo It appears this does not work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.3.3-28.el7_0.1 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create some groups 2. Create some users 3. ipa group-add-member ose-user --users=fancyuser1,normaluser1,teamuser1,teamuser2 Actual results: Group name: ose-user Description: Users with OpenShift access GID: 426800001 Member users: fancyuser1 Failed members: member user: fancyuser1,normaluser1,teamuser1,teamuser2: no such entry member group: ------------------------- Number of members added 0 ------------------------- Expected results: As per man page, users should be added to group. Additional info: --users=foo --users=bar or --users={foo,bar} are alleged to work, but are not indicated in the man page.
Upstream ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4587
Fixed upstream master: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/f36794e8119c6005a6e802b3c4b23e13a3ac0bf5 ipa-4-1: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/6e1c7df530fdc76737576c5b1190ac7c5dc59917 ipa-4-0: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/9b6145420a7b57e0d0cc152bcd727206651f9b8d
Verified on ipa-server-4.1.0-13.el7.x86_64: ipa man page has: ipa group-add-member bar --users={admin,foo} Add users "admin" and "foo" to the group "bar". This approach depends on shell expansion feature. [root@hp-dl380pgen8-01 ~]# ipa group-add-member test_group --users={test_user1,test_user2} Group name: test_group GID: 243200005 Member users: test_user2, test_user1 ------------------------- Number of members added 2 -------------------------
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