Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 742616
IPA man pages should be more clear about the meaning of --selfsign
Last modified: 2011-12-06 13:33:04 EST
ipa man pages on the install should be explicit that --selfsign is a parameter that will reduce the functionality and should be used only if the user wants to deliberately remove the certificate management capabilities. It should also state that there is no way to change things later so it is an important decision to make before installing IPA.
Upstream ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1908
it was suggested that --selfsign be changed --test-selfsign ... not sure if that is required or not ... or just be clear in man pages and documentation
Fixed upstream: master: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/28603e0c3ac20390a860347afb7a6ed976166e03 ipa-2-1: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/651534087c1e45f4a3f501b80bc1b43dbef3a6a5 I did not dear to change the API, option is still named --selfsign. But user is not properly warned in man pages, online help etc that this option restrain certificate management capabilities.
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--selfsign Configure a self-signed CA instance rather than a dogtag CA. WARNING: Certificate management capabilities will be limited WARNING message included in ipa-server-install --help. [root@decepticons ~]# rpm -qi ipa-server Name : ipa-server Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.1.3 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 8.el6 Build Date: Wed 02 Nov 2011 03:21:27 AM IST Install Date: Thu 03 Nov 2011 10:13:53 AM IST Build Host: x86-012.build.bos.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: ipa-2.1.3-8.el6.src.rpm Size : 3381421 License: GPLv3+ Signature : (none) Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> URL : http://www.freeipa.org/ Summary : The IPA authentication server
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/RHSA-2011-1533.html