<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra">Hello again, :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Joseph, Matthew (EXP) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthew.joseph@lmco.com" target="_blank">matthew.joseph@lmco.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hey James,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Like I said the IPA user has read access at the domain level.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">He is also a member of the domain users group.</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>
<br></div><div style>...I am by no means a windows person but I am pretty sure this is what my user is like as well.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I don’t know why it’s only working if you have him part of the administrator group.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">What does it say in the passync log on the AD server?</span></p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>uhmmm... I haven't gotten to the passync stuff yet ... but where would I find that log?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I tried to do the uni-directional sync but it never worked for me the way it was intended and I just stumbled on giving the user only read access to the domain.</span></p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Exactly what I would like. I really wonder what differs in our setups!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Matt<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> James A [mailto:<a href="mailto:james@atia.se" target="_blank">james@atia.se</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> Joseph, Matthew (EXP)<br><b>Cc:</b> Chris Hudson; <a href="mailto:freeipa-users@redhat.com" target="_blank">freeipa-users@redhat.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> EXTERNAL: Re: Syncing with AD<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Joseph, Matthew (EXP) <<a href="mailto:matthew.joseph@lmco.com" target="_blank">matthew.joseph@lmco.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hey James,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I configured my IPA server with winsync and I was in the same boat as you.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The IPA user that is created for Active Directory does not require write access to AD.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">My IPA user only has read permissions to the domain and my passwords sync just fine. When I delete a user from IPA it does not delete it from AD.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks; good to know that there is a way to do this. I really don't see where I am going wrong. The user I use for synching will only work if I put it in the "administrator" group. And when I do, I have a two way synch - if I remove an account on the IPA server, it "disappears" also in the AD - even though I did:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/managing-sync-agmt.html#unidirectional-sync" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/managing-sync-agmt.html#unidirectional-sync</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Do you by any chance have the specifics (permissions, groups etc.) of your user (in the AD) you use for synch'ing?<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">thanks<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>/J<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Matt</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:freeipa-users-bounces@redhat.com" target="_blank">freeipa-users-bounces@redhat.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:freeipa-users-bounces@redhat.com" target="_blank">freeipa-users-bounces@redhat.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Hudson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> James A<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:freeipa-users@redhat.com" target="_blank">freeipa-users@redhat.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> EXTERNAL: Re: [Freeipa-users] Syncing with AD</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010ff 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Hello all,</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">I have been playing with trying to set up synchronization between windows AD --> IPA following the instructions at</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/index.html" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/index.html</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">A few questions arise;</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">1.) The documentation (specifically on <a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/managing-sync-agmt.html" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/managing-sync-agmt.html</a>), (under table 9.2) talks about options to the "ipa-replica-manage connect" command. Among others, --bindpw and --passsync. With --binddn we specify the "full user DN of the synchronization identity" (and it's password with --bindpw ... but I fail to understand which users password should be used for "--passsync"?? Is it the same user?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal">The "--passsync" password is the password that you *will* use for the "passsync" user should you install the password synchronization package on your AD controllers. You are essentially setting this password preemptively.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010ff 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">2.) The documentation says that the "synchronization identity" (see also above) must exist in the AD domain and "must have replicator, read, search and write permissions on the AD subtree. What I am trying to do is create a one way sync from AD --> IPA and I would really like to avoid using a user (for synching) that has write permissions (in the AD). All my tries in setting up synchronization fails unless I add the synch-user to the group "Administrators". I have tried (and failed) using "account admins" etc. Any pointers here would be great. Sorry for my ignorance when it comes to Windows. I am sure I am missing something obvious.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Someone else can probably comment on this, but the IPA server will need to bind to the AD controller and pull the necessary information from the directory...which makes these rights a necessity.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010ff 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">3.) I follow the instructions under "9.4.5" (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/managing-sync-agmt.html#unidirectional-sync" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Identity_Management_Guide/managing-sync-agmt.html#unidirectional-sync</a>) to setup Uni-directional sync. (only AD --> IPA), and yet, when I go to remove an account in IPA it gets removed also in the AD. (This I really want to avoid, thus the need for a read-only user to do the synchronization - see question 2).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal">I do not recall IPA ever removing users from AD. From what I remember, only certain attributes were bi-directional and deletes were not performed on AD. Has this changed?<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010ff 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">All in all I think the FreeIPA project is amazing and it really gives us in the Linux community something we haven't had before. If I can iron out the problems above I am sure it will become a great tool for me and my client.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><br>Any input would be most appreciated.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Thanks</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">//James.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><br>
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