[Freeipa-devel] Error updating group membership

[Karl MacMillan]

On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 03:36 +1000, David O'Brien wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> > Running on 32-bit F7
> > 
> > I created a "regular" user as admin, and then logged on as that user
> > from the client. I tried to add myself to "ipausers" but received "There
> > was an error updating groups. Failures have been preserved in the
> > add/remove lists."
> > 
> > I assume this means I can't add myself to the ipausers group, but it
> > doesn't really say why (e.g. Insufficient permissions).
> > 
> > What and where are the "add/remove lists"?
> > 
> > I want to ask, "Can we show which groups a user is allowed to interact
> > with (i.e. join/leave)" but I remember rcrit I think saying we don't
> > check this stuff until you hit Submit. Pity.
> > 
> > 
> 
> On a related note, if you attempt to add a group as a regular user, you
> get an extensive error message: Group add failed: A database error
> occurred {'info': "Insufficient 'add' privilege to add the entry...} etc.
> 
> Much more informative, but not that pretty.

The add links are going away for users that aren't able to actually do
the add.

Karl