[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 0034 Improve handling of options in ipa-client-install

[Jan Pazdziora]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 04:14:36PM +0200, Ana Krivokapic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The attached patch should improve handling of client re-enrollment
> related options of ipa-client-install.
> 
> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3686

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>  
> +    if options.keytab and options.principal:
> +        root_logger.error("Options 'principal' and 'keytab' cannot be used "
> +                          "together.")
> +        return CLIENT_INSTALL_ERROR
> +

I know that this check only explains what happens later in the code
but isn't using custom principal _plus_ a keytab for that principal
a valid combination? Right now, it's either principal + password, or
keytab and from that keytab a specific host/* principal. Can't it be
ptincipal + keytab?

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Jan Pazdziora | adelton at #ipa*, #brno
Principal Software Engineer, Identity Management Engineering, Red Hat