[Freeipa-devel] Results of some testing

[Rob Crittenden]

Dmitri Pal wrote:
> 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.

It works for me. What distro are you using?

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>>> 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.

done

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>>>
>>> 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.

Can you do an ldapsearch to confirm this? I never include the realm when 
I add services, it gets automatically added.

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>>> 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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