[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 924 display both hex and decimal serial numbers

[Rob Crittenden]

Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Jan Cholasta wrote:
>> Dne 13.1.2012 20:53, Rob Crittenden napsal(a):
>>> When viewing a certificate it will show the serial number as hex (dec).
>>>
>>> # ipa service-show HTTP/rawhide.example.com
>>> Principal: HTTP/rawhide.example.com at EXAMPLE.COM
>>> Certificate: [snip]
>>> Keytab: True
>>> Managed by: rawhide.example.com
>>> Subject: CN=rawhide.example.com,O=EXAMPLE.COM
>>> Serial Number: 0x403 (1027)
>>> Issuer: CN=EXAMPLE.COM Certificate Authority
>>> Not Before: Fri Jan 13 15:00:44 2012 UTC
>>> Not After: Thu Jan 13 15:00:44 2022 UTC
>>> Fingerprint (MD5): e5:43:17:0d:8d:af:d6:69:d8:fb:eb:ca:79:fb:47:69
>>> Fingerprint (SHA1):
>>> c2:9e:8e:de:42:c9:4a:29:cc:b0:a0:de:57:c7:b7:d8:f9:b5:fe:e6
>>>
>>> rob
>>>
>>
>> NACK
>>
>> Displaying a host or a service in the webUI fails with "IPA error 3009:
>> invalid 'serial_number': Decimal or hexadecimal number is required for
>> serial number".
>>
>> I would suggest to do the nifty formatting of serial numbers on the
>> client side, that would fix the webUI issue, allow non-IPA clients to
>> parse the number without dissecting the string representation of it and
>> probably also save me a hack in the type conversion overhaul. You could
>> for example add a parameter flag like "format_serial_number" to indicate
>> to the client that it should format the value as a serial number.
>>
>> Honza
>>
>
> Well, we want to do as little client formatting as possible. The idea is
> to have a very thin client.
>
> I'll look into fixing the UI side.

I don't see this error in services, it displays correctly. I'm not sure 
if it is my browser or what but hosts don't display much of anything for me.

rob