[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 0161] Fix dyndb-ldap working dir permission

Jan Cholasta jcholast at redhat.com
Thu Nov 13 12:59:20 UTC 2014


Dne 12.11.2014 v 13:33 Martin Basti napsal(a):
> On 11/11/14 16:58, Jan Cholasta wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Dne 11.11.2014 v 16:22 Martin Basti napsal(a):
>>> Using specfile to create file doesn't work if named user is not on
>>> system.
>>> Appropriate permission have to be set during ipa-dns installation.
>>>
>>> Patch attached
>>>
>>
>> Why is the directory set up in dnskeysyncinstance instead of
>> bindinstance?
> Because, dnskeysyncinstance is the daemon which requires permission change.
> (dir is created by dyndb-ldap plugin)

OK. But please rename the method to something more suitable 
(fix_dyndb_ldap_workdir_permissions?) and add a docstring/comment.

Also please change the ticket link to 
<https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4716> (cloned from BZ).

>
>>
>> The original patch was released with 4.1.1, shouldn't there be update
>> in ipa-upgradeconfig?
> Cases:
> 1) fresh RPM install, no named user during RPM install -> named doesn't
> start, user had to fix it immediately, can't wait until next release.
>
> 2) fresh RPM install,  named user -> no impact
>
> 3) upgrade IPA with DNS -> no impact
>
> 4) upgrade IPA without DNS -> after DNS installation, same as 1)
>
> 5) IPA 4.1.0 with installed DNS, upgrade to 4.1.2 ->  DNSSEC will not
> work (If user doesnt use DNSSEC)
>
> Only 5) looks serious for me, so here is updated patch.

Could you do the update without the code duplication? In similar code an 
appropriate *instance method is usually called.

>
> Martin^2
>>
>> Honza
>>
>
>

Honza

-- 
Jan Cholasta




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