[Freeipa-devel] reason for re-install failure

[Karl MacMillan]

On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 09:24 -0400, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Karl MacMillan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 16:07 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 15:47 -0400, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> >>> I ran into the "fail on re-install" problem where the install fails on a 
> >>> kadmin timeout.
> >>>
> >>> The problem is that the installation appends the new password to 
> >>> /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/ldappwd. This can lead to duplicate entries and it 
> >>> apparently makes things flip out. I just removed that file and the 
> >>> re-install went fine.
> >> Ok this maybe seen as a bug, should we backup and move the original file
> >> on installation ?
> >>
> >> Simo.
> > 
> > Nah - I think we should just have a set of re-install diections that
> > tell how to remove FDS instances and fix this problem.
> > 
> > Karl
> > 
> 
> It's really a kerberos bug. I think we should simply replace any 
> existing entries. We have a very specific DN in there. Replacing it is 
> likely the right thing to do.
> 

I'm fine with that - I was only trying to avoid really solving the
reinstall problem. I think it is just too hard to get right and will eat
up a lot of time.

So, you are suggesting intelligently editing that file if it exists
rather than replacing?

Karl