Bug 753526 - IPA allows clients named localhost.localdomain, they should be refused
Summary: IPA allows clients named localhost.localdomain, they should be refused
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ipa
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Rob Crittenden
QA Contact: IDM QE LIST
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Blocks: 756082 857049
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Reported: 2011-11-13 05:07 UTC by Brian Cook
Modified: 2013-09-08 23:51 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ipa-2.2.0-1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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No documentation needed.
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: 857049 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2012-06-20 13:17:18 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0819 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE ipa bug fix and enhancement update 2012-06-19 20:34:17 UTC

Description Brian Cook 2011-11-13 05:07:59 UTC 
ipa-client --install should refuse to join a machine named localhost (localhost.localdomain) to the domain as this is a 'special' name that indicates that the hostname of the server has not been set and is not for use in a network environment.
Comment 4 Rob Crittenden 2011-11-15 15:38:58 UTC 
Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2112
Comment 5 Rob Crittenden 2012-01-23 20:12:00 UTC 
fixed upstream:

master: f7b4eb6a0918c0b73d4b98f47dcd76fa4e8072f5

ipa-2-2: bf32ed8bf0917e1e029f9488090944143cd2dc68
Comment 8 Martin Kosek 2012-04-19 12:24:02 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:
No documentation needed.
Comment 9 Kaleem 2012-05-02 06:06:38 UTC 
Verified.

ipa-client-version:
[root@dhcp201-113 ~]# rpm -q ipa-client
ipa-client-2.2.0-11.el6.x86_64
[root@dhcp201-113 ~]#


[root@dhcp201-113 ~]# hostname
localhost.localdomain
[root@dhcp201-113 ~]#

[root@dhcp201-113 ~]# ipa-client-install -p admin -w Secret123 -U
Invalid hostname, 'localhost.localdomain' must not be used.
Installation failed. Rolling back changes.
IPA client is not configured on this system.
[root@dhcp201-113 ~]#
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 13:17:18 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/RHBA-2012-0819.html
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