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Description of problem:

IPA Web GUI displays 3 options for "User authentication types":
[] Password
[] Radius
[] Two factor authentication (password + OTP)

User will expect that selection of authentication type will apply consistently to both Kerberos and LDAP authentication.  However, from the docs:

"If you choose the password and two-factor authentication types at once, Kerberos still enforces authentication with both password and OTP. LDAP allows authentication with either one of the authentication types in this situation."

"If you choose the RADIUS authentication type together with another authentication type, Kerberos always uses RADIUS, but LDAP never does. LDAP only recognizes the password and two-factor authentication options."

Please add text to the UI to describe this non-consistency, to reduce the risk of an administrator misunderstanding and using settings causing weaker security than anticipated.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 7.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. UI only shows three options, no descriptive text
2.
3.

Actual results:
-

Expected results:
-

Additional info:
-

Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4935

Me and QE agreed that this Bugzilla should not be treated as official feature, but rather bug.

Fixed upstream
master:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/ebc7ab1efedb99bd7aa80f53d1f845c3bdce8278
ipa-4-2:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/dcd8a154e64ac40273cf0d1f7c3e3478856c52ad

Verified using ipa-server-4.2.0-12.el7.x86_64
In UI, there is now an "i" pop up to give the clarification suggested above.

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/RHBA-2015-2362.html