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This bug is created as a clone of upstream ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1025 IPA cannot handle Multi-master Replication conflicts correctly. Attribute conflicts are solved via 389-ds, but conflicts over DN not. When 2 LDAP records with the same DN are detected during synchronization, 389-ds renames one of them to, e.g. `dn: nsuniqueid=0a950601-435311e0-86a2f5bd-3cd26022+uid=utest,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=idm,dc=lab,dc=bos,dc=redhat,dc=com` which will confuse the IPA server. In this case, `user-find` will display records like this one but is not able to manipulate it (rename, delete). This may lead to unpleasant issues that can be solved only by manual LDAP update. IPA should provide some way to at least remove (preferably rename) records like these. '''Reproduction scenario:''' Prepare 3 replicating IPA servers in a star topology. Shut down the central server (SRV1) and add a record with the same DN on the remaining boxes (SRV2, SRV3), e.g.: {{{ SRV2: $ ipa user-add --first=User1 --last=Test1 utest SRV3: $ ipa user-add --first=User2 --last=Test2 utest }}} Start the SRV1 again, directory synchronization will create the following 2 records: {{{ SRV1: $ ipa user-find --all --raw dn: uid=utest,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=idm,dc=lab,dc=bos,dc=redhat,dc=com uid: utest givenname: User2 sn: Test2 ... dn: nsuniqueid=0a950601-435311e0-86a2f5bd-3cd26022+uid=utest,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=idm,dc=lab,dc=bos,dc=redhat,dc=com uid: utest givenname: User1 sn: Test1 cn: User1 Test1 ... }}} Then: {{{ $ ipa user-del utest ---------------------- Deleted user "utest" ---------------------- $ ipa user-add --first=User --last=Test utest ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Another entry with the same attribute value already exists (attribute: "krbPrincipalName") }}} because of dangling record `dn: nsuniqueid=...+uid=utest,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=idm,dc=lab,dc=bos,dc=redhat,dc=com`
*** Bug 1075548 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This RFE is currently being developed in 389-ds-base project - see Bug 1274430. Design page: http://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/design/managing-repl-conflict-entries.html The IdM/IPA RFE should then be dedicated to possible IPA extension on top of this feature.
The conflicts issue has been addressed as a part of this BZ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274430. Closing. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1274430 ***