[Freeipa-devel] Results of some testing

[Dmitri Pal]

Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Dmitri Pal wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Here are some issues that I came across during my testing of the latest
>> IPA version on Friday.
>> Please take a look and file tickets as appropriate.
>>
>> 1) Can't bail out from the install
>> Start IPA install without any command line parameters. It any prompt try
>> to stop installation by pressing Ctrl+C.
>> You are still at the prompt and there is no way to abort installation.
>> This can be an ER.
>
> Was this in a password prompt? I'm thinking that python 2.7 changed
> their handling.
Yes. But I think not only. The first prompt is the prompt for domain and
you can't break from it either.


>
>>
>> 2) For the unattended install with -U the -u is listed as required
>> option
>>         -u, --user=DS_USER
>>                The user that the Directory Server will run as
>> Why it is a required if the interactive install never asks for it. IMO a
>> bug.
>
> It seemed an unnecessary question to prompt for in the UI so we
> removed it. It should be optional in non-interactive.
Please file a ticket.

>
>>
>> 3) When adding service in UI via popup it does not automatically append
>> realm to the host when it creates a service pricipal.
>> IMO a bug.
>
> The framework will add the realm automatically if it is not provided.
> Or are you actually seeing a service created with no realm?
Created with no realm.


>
>> 4) The service status is all messed up and unclear. After just being
>> added it should be in "not provisioned"
>> state but this is not what you see. You see as if it is already
>> provisioned.
>> When the service screen is shown it blinks showing a lot of different
>> buttons and statuses before it settles down on the following UI
>>
>> Please retry. May be it is already addressed with latest fixes.
>>
>>
>> 5) The items in the action panel are now black
>>
>> The links in the action panel that you are supposed to click are now
>> black which is not intuitive since they are clickable links.
>>
>> 6) [dpal at lenovo ~]$ ipa host-add foobar.home --ip-address=1.1.1.1
>> --no-reverse
>> ipa: ERROR: The host was added but the DNS update failed with:
>> 1.1.1.in-addr.arpa: DNS zone not found
>>
>> Should not fail since --no-reverse is specified. I checked. If the zone
>> is there it is added automatically.
>>
>


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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project,
Red Hat Inc.


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