[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 037 Improve error handling and return status codes in ipactl

[Rob Crittenden]

Martin Kosek wrote:
> There are cases when ipactl returns success even when it fails. Plus,
> when the error really is detected the status codes are not LSB
> compliant. This may result in consequent issues.
>
> This patch improves error handling in ipactl and adds LSB compliant
> status codes. Namely:
>
> 0   program is running or service is OK
> 3   program is not running
> 4   program or service status is unknown
>
> for "status" action. Status code 4 is issued when IPA is not
> configured to distinguish this state from not running IPA.
>
> For other actions, the following non-zero status codes are
> implemented:
>
> 1   generic or unspecified error
> 2   invalid or excess argument(s)
> 4   user had insufficient privilege
> 6   program is not configured
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1055

Nice work, thanks for documenting this so well.

Ack, pushed to master

rob