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Bug 742616 - IPA man pages should be more clear about the meaning of --selfsign
Summary: IPA man pages should be more clear about the meaning of --selfsign
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ipa
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Rob Crittenden
QA Contact: IDM QE LIST
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-09-30 19:02 UTC by Dmitri Pal
Modified: 2011-12-06 18:33 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ipa-2.1.2-1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Do not document
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 18:33:04 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1533 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: ipa security and bug fix update 2011-12-06 01:23:31 UTC

Description Dmitri Pal 2011-09-30 19:02:22 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Dmitri Pal 2011-09-30 19:03:57 UTC 
Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1908
Comment 2 Jenny Severance 2011-09-30 19:55:23 UTC 
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
Comment 3 Martin Kosek 2011-10-04 09:05:50 UTC 
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.
Comment 5 Martin Kosek 2011-11-01 07:50:03 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Do not document
Comment 6 Gowrishankar Rajaiyan 2011-11-05 08:51:18 UTC 
    --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
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 18:33:04 UTC 
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
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