[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] integrate ipa-ldap-updater into installer

Simo Sorce ssorce at redhat.com
Wed Sep 17 17:26:27 UTC 2008


On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 12:59 -0400, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Simo Sorce wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 13:04 -0400, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> >> This patch ties the updater into the installer. It runs as one of the 
> >> last things so it can use /etc/ipa/ipa.conf and we can be fairly sure 
> >> that the basic IPA server is up and running, including the KDC.
> >>
> >> Future changes to configuration should go into an update file in 
> >> freeipa/ipa-install/updates.
> >>
> >> For now when updating a live system users will need to manually run 
> >> ipa-ldap-updater after installing the new packages because the
> >> Directory 
> >> Manager password is required.
> > 
> > I would *really* prefer the password is passed via stdin.
> > I don't like it being written to a file.
> > 
> > Simo.
> > 
> 
> I agree. I added it as an option because so many other tools we 
> use/provide offer the same option. We aren't actually going to use this 
> ourselves since I made the updater into a python library.

ok then ack

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York




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