Ticket was cloned from Red Hat Bugzilla (product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7): Bug 1527974
Description of problem: ipa-client-install adds following lines in the sshd_config file, before the last "Match user" line: KerberosAuthentication no PubkeyAuthentication yes UsePAM yes AuthorizedKeysCommand /usr/bin/sss_ssh_authorizedkeys GSSAPIAuthentication yes ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes AuthorizedKeysCommandUser nobody https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa/blob/master/ipaclient/install/client.py#L978 But... when configuring this file with ansible using blockinfile tasks, it adds some blocks like: # BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK Match User backup PasswordAuthentication yes # END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK And here is the problem, ipa-client-install is adding the parameters before the Match line, but after the ansible comment: # BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK KerberosAuthentication no PubkeyAuthentication yes UsePAM yes AuthorizedKeysCommand /usr/bin/sss_ssh_authorizedkeys GSSAPIAuthentication yes ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes AuthorizedKeysCommandUser nobody Match User backup PasswordAuthentication yes # END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK Next ansible iteration will remove the lines configured by ipa-client-install, because they have been added inside the ansible managed block, and it will left only the ansible related lines: # BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK Match User backup PasswordAuthentication yes # END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL 7.3 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Modify sshd_config file with a blockinfile ansible task 2. Register server on IdM using ipa-client-install 3. Run ansible again Actual results: ipa-client-install modifications are removed from the sshd_file because they are added inside the ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK Expected results: Modification should be done searching for the parameters inside the file, and modifying the default value or adding a block checking if it is being added inside a block managed by a different automation system (ansible, or any other) Additional info:
Metadata Update from @rcritten: - Custom field rhbz adjusted to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527974
Metadata Update from @rcritten: - Issue priority set to: important
BZ was closed upstream, because nothing to do on our side, once openssh server adds includes to sshd_config, code in FreeIPA will detect and use that.
This effort was covered with combination of: https://pagure.io/freeipa/issue/8304 https://pagure.io/freeipa/issue/8400 https://pagure.io/freeipa/issue/8535
Metadata Update from @pcech: - Issue close_status updated to: fixed - Issue set to the milestone: None (was: FreeIPA 4.7 backlog) - Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)