[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 0010 Add 'host' setting into default.conf configuration file

[Nalin Dahyabhai]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 10:18:12AM +0200, Jan Cholasta wrote:
> Dne 27.8.2014 v 16:49 David Kupka napsal(a):
> >On 08/27/2014 11:22 AM, Jan Cholasta wrote:
> >>Dne 26.8.2014 v 15:55 Rob Crittenden napsal(a):
> >>>David Kupka wrote:
> >>>>On 08/26/2014 03:08 PM, Jan Cholasta wrote:
> >>>>>Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Dne 26.8.2014 v 13:01 David Kupka napsal(a):
> >>>>>>https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4481
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Doing this will break ipa-client-automount and ipa-certupdate, because
> >>>>>they assume that api.env.host contains the hostname of the local
> >>>>>system
> >>>>>(which is the default value).
> >>>>
> >>>>It looked suspiciously simple so I could expect that there is some
> >>>>catch.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>There is obviously some confusion about what the option should
> >>>>>represent
> >>>>>(documentation says server hostname, code does client hostname),
> >>>>>IMO we
> >>>>>should resolve that first.
> >>>>
> >>>>Ok, are there any suggestions? What is the desired state?
> >>>
> >>>AIUI the server option is deprecated because it wasn't being used, not
> >>>that it needed to be replaced. I believe that in most cases the server
> >>>name is pulled from the xmlrpc_uri.
> >>
> >>Yes, that's what the ticket says:
> >><https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3071>.
> >
> >Ok, adding 'host' entry with local host name.
> >>>
> >>>host has always meant the local host name.
> >>>
> >>>I think the man page is wrong.
> >>
> >>+1
> >>
> >Fixing the line in man page.
> >>>
> >>>rob
> 
> ACK as long as this works for Nalin.

The other half of this was cases where there's no ldap_uri set.  Just so
there's no confusion, if ldap_uri and/or server_uri are not set, what
are the recommended fallback settings that should be used for
constructing them?  I suspect it's "server", then "host", which is the
reverse of the order that they're currently being consulted, but I
figured I'd ask while we're all here.

Thanks,

Nalin