<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Jake,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">From the output below (assuming a non-altered copy+paste), the host-add request is interpreted by ipa as "<SPACE><a href="http://server100.example.com" class="">server100.example.com</a>" while the delete is interpreted as "<a href="http://server100.example.com" class="">server100.example.com</a>". If that's the case, try using quotes or searching the LDAP manually for the entry to see the actual registered hostname. If what I'm seeing over here is correct, you might be able to fix it by issuing:</div><div class="">ipa host-del "<SPACE><a href="http://server100.example.com" class="">server100.example.com</a>"</div><div class="">(use quotes when issuing the command).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then again, it might be a wrong copy+paste.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Răzvan<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 28 Sep 2016, at 22:15, Jake <<a href="mailto:freeipa@jacobdevans.com" class="">freeipa@jacobdevans.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" class="">One of my tech's had an issue adding a machine, now it seems to be stuck.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" class="">it can neither be added or removed</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">-bash-4.2$ ipa host-add <span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">server100</span><span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">.<a href="http://example.com" class="">example.com</a> </span>--force<br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">ipa: ERROR: host with name " <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" class="">server100</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" class="">.<a href="http://example.com" class="">example.com</a></span>" already exists</div><div style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">-bash-4.2$ ipa host-del <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" class="">server100</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" class="">.<a href="http://example.com" class="">example.com</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">ipa: ERROR: <a href="http://server100.example.com" class="">server100.example.com</a>: host not found</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">IP web client gives this error:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="modal-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: none; min-height: 16.67px; background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: none; min-height: 16.67px; background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><h4 class="modal-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.66667; color: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.66667; color: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px;">Operations Error</h4></div><div class="modal-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" class="">Some operations failed.</div></div><div class="errors_title" style="box-sizing: border-box;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://c05-rd-ipa01.ipa.clarkinc.io/ipa/ui/#" title="Hide details" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px 0px; color: #0099d3; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-href="https://c05-rd-ipa01.ipa.clarkinc.io/ipa/ui/#" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px 0px; color: #0099d3; text-decoration: none;" class="">Hide details</a></div><ul class="error-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://server100.example.com" class="">server100.example.com</a>: host not found</div></li></ul><div class=""> <div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">Attempts to delete it via webui<br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="modal-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: none; min-height: 16.67px; background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: none; min-height: 16.67px; background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><h4 class="modal-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.66667; color: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.66667; color: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px;">Operations Error</h4></div><div class="modal-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" class="">Some entries were not deleted</div></div><div class="errors_title" style="box-sizing: border-box;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://c05-rd-ipa01.ipa.clarkinc.io/ipa/ui/#" title="Hide details" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px 0px; color: #0099d3; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-href="https://c05-rd-ipa01.ipa.clarkinc.io/ipa/ui/#" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; background: 0px 0px; color: #0099d3; text-decoration: none;" class="">Hide details</a></div><ul class="error-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;" class=""><a href="http://server100.example.com" class="">server100.example.com</a></span>: host not found</div></li></ul></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="clear: both;" data-mce-style="clear: both;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br class="">Manage your subscription for the Freeipa-users mailing list:<br class=""><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users" class="">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users</a><br class="">Go to http://freeipa.org for more info on the project</div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>