[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 189 Fix selfservice-find crashes

[Rob Crittenden]

Martin Kosek wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 10:55 -0500, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> Martin Kosek wrote:
>>> Ignore empty options when performing an ACI search so that the
>>> find command does not crash.
>>>
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2011
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2012
>>
>> I tested this and it works, I just wanted to confirm that this is the
>> behavior we want. Empty search options are ignored. I think we'll want
>> to document this somewhere at a minimum.
>>
>> rob
>
> I think so. This is the way that our -find commands behave:
>
> # ipa user-find --last=
> --------------
> 1 user matched
> --------------
>    User login: admin
>    Last name: Administrator
>    Home directory: /home/admin
>    Login shell: /bin/bash
>    UID: 1198000000
>    GID: 1198000000
>    Account disabled: False
>    Password: True
>    Kerberos keys available: True
> ----------------------------
> Number of entries returned 1
> ----------------------------
>
> I wondered where to add this information, this is what "man ipa" says:
>
>         find commands take an optional criteria string as their only positional argument. If present,
>         all  objects  with an attribute that contains the criteria string are displayed. If an option
>         representing an attribute is set, only object with the attribute exactly matching the  speci‐
>         fied  value  are displayed. Without parameters all objects of the corresponding type are dis‐
>         played.
>
> We may enhance this documentation if we find it insufficient.
>
> Martin
>

I think adding something like: "Options with empty values are ignored" 
or something like that.

rob