[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 351 Installer should not connect to 127.0.0.1

[Martin Kosek]

On 01/16/2013 02:50 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-01-16 at 10:42 +0100, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> IPA installer sometimes tries to connect to the Directory Server
>> via loopback address 127.0.0.1. However, the Directory Server on
>> pure IPv6 systems may not be listening on this address. This address
>> may not even be available.
>>
>> Rather use the FQDN of the server when connecting to the DS to fix
>> this issue and make the connection consistent ldapmodify calls which
>> also use FQDN instead of IP address.
>>
>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3355
> 
> Martin,
> shouldn't the installer rather always use the ldapi socket ?
> 
> Simo.
> 

Probably yes, but the fix would be much more intrusive than the current patch
as we connect to ldap://$HOST:389 all over the installer code. My intention was
to prepare rather a short fix for the upcoming release...

Martin