freeipa

#5391 Invalid subject fails IPA installation
Closed: Fixed Opened by pvoborni.

Closed: Fixed
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Ticket was cloned from Red Hat Bugzilla (product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7): Bug 1273707

Description of problem:
If user specify subject CN= in IPA server installation, then installation fails
with  `CA did not start in 300.0s` error
# ipa-server-install --setup-dns --forwarder=10.16.36.29  -r TESTRELM.TEST -p
xxxxxxxxx -a xxxxxxxxx --subject CN=Test -U
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ipa-server-4.2.0-15.el7.x86_64
How reproducible:
100%
Steps to Reproduce:
1. ipa-server-install --setup-dns --forwarder=10.16.36.29  -r TESTRELM.TEST -p
xxxxxxxxx -a xxxxxxxxx --subject CN=Test -U
Actual results:
Installation fails with error `CA did not start in 300.0s`
Expected results:
Installation should check subject argument before installation start

master:

  • 6a55174bb6c24632bbd46c8421399343e1282ce0 install: fix command line option validation

ipa-4-2:

  • 09d47c44986e8f0daad374f8adcfee70fad38a3a install: fix command line option validation

Metadata Update from @pvoborni:
- Issue assigned to jcholast
- Issue set to the milestone: FreeIPA 4.2.4
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