[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 1085 cert-find command

[Rob Crittenden]

Petr Vobornik wrote:
> On 02/07/2013 03:08 PM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> Petr Vobornik wrote:
>>> On 02/06/2013 12:44 AM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>>>> This adds a cert-find command for the dogtag backend.
>>>>
>>>> Searches can be done by serial number, by subject, revocation reason,
>>>> issue date, notbefore, notafter and revocation dates.
>>>>
>>>> I added some basic tests for this. I made it a separate test file
>>>> because the cert plugin tests do not use the declarative format and
>>>> rely
>>>> on the selfsign backend by default.
>>>>
>>>> rob
>>>>
>>>
>>> Should I create Web UI in scope of this ticket or a new one?
>>>
>>> I was also thinking if it's time to implement #191 'Web UI: specify
>>> fields to search on' [1]. Maybe in Pilsner.
>>>
>>> [1] https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/191
>>
>> I'm going to open a UI ticket once the API is finalized. I didn't want
>> to give you a moving target to work against.
>>
>> rob
>>
>
> I see that the search requires to specify options for attributes to
> search on. There is no general CRITERIA positional argument as in other
> find commands or am I mistaken?
>
> Is it possible to add the CRITERIA argument? Is the no 'OR' search an
> obstacle for it?
>
> If so we would really need to push the ticket #191 because UI doesn't
> support search by only specifying specific attributes yet.

Your analysis is correct.

It may be considered a hack but what if I treat subject as the CRITERIA 
argument?

rob