[Freeipa-users] Replica not syncing 'memberOf' attributes

Dan Scott danieljamesscott at gmail.com
Thu Oct 7 14:11:49 UTC 2010


On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 22:02, Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
> Dan Scott wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 18:30, Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dan Scott wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure which group this is referring to. Admins only contains 3
>>>> users, no nested groups.
>>>>
>>>> The problem appears to be related to the users, rather than the
>>>> groups. None of the users on ohm have a 'memberOf'. Curie has the
>>>> correct memberOf attributes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> The error message specifically mentions the admin group:
>>>
>>> - Entry "cn=admins,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com" --
>>> attribute "memberOf" not allowed
>>>
>>> As if it is attempting to add the memberOf attribute to the group entry
>>> cn=admins,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com - I don't know why it
>>> would do this unless it is attempting some sort of group nesting.
>>>
>
> This is still a mystery - we need to figure out why it is attempting to add
> memberOf to this entry.
>>>>
>>>> The groups themselves appear to be correct on both servers. Both ohm
>>>> and curie have groups which contain the correct 'member' attributes.
>>>> So the problem appears to be that ohm contains groups with correct
>>>> 'members', but none of the users have any 'memberOf's.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Do all of the users have the inetUser objectclass?
>>>
>>
>> Yep. Looks like it. I have 162 users:
>>
>> [djscott at ohm ~]$ ldapsearch -h curie.example.com -x -b
>> 'cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example.com' |grep 'objectClass: inetUser'|wc
>>    162     324    3564
>> [djscott at ohm ~]$ ldapsearch -h ohm.example.com -x -b
>> 'cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com' |grep 'objectClass:
>> inetUser'|wc
>>    162     324    3564
>> [djscott at ohm ~]$
>>
>
> If you run the lib/dirsrv/slapd-ds/fixup-memberof.pl script, does it add the
> memberOf attributes?

When I try to run that, I get the following:

[root at ohm ~]# /usr/lib64/dirsrv/slapd-EXAMPLE.COM/fixup-memberof.pl -b
cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com -D uid=admin -w -
Bind Password: *************

ldap_simple_bind: No such object

Thanks,

Dan

>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 16:17, Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan Scott wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ohm_admins.ldif and curie_admins.ldif attached. I added a '-h
>>>>>> $hostname' to the command to ensure that I queried both servers. The
>>>>>> results look identical to me, apart from the ordering.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 15:34, Rob Crittenden <rcritten at redhat.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dan Scott wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:32, Simo Sorce<ssorce at redhat.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:26:48 -0400
>>>>>>>>> Dan Scott<danieljamesscott at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have master and slave FreeIPA servers. I recently upgraded the
>>>>>>>>>> slave
>>>>>>>>>> by wiping, re-installing Fedora 13 and re-creating the replication
>>>>>>>>>> using ipa-replica-prepare and ipa-replica-install.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For some reason, the slave is having difficulty replicating the
>>>>>>>>>> memberOf attribute. I can attach an LDAP viewer to the replica,
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> view the schema, but the memberOf attributes are missing. Also,
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> master server contains the lines:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Entry "cn=admins,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com" --
>>>>>>>>>> attribute "memberOf" not allowed
>>>>>>>>>> NSMMReplicationPlugin - repl_set_mtn_referrals: could not set
>>>>>>>>>> referrals for replica dc=example,dc=com: 20
>>>>>>>>>> NSMMReplicationPlugin - replica_reload_ruv: Warning: new data for
>>>>>>>>>> replica dc=example,dc=com does not match the data in the
>>>>>>>>>> changelog.
>>>>>>>>>>  Recreating the changelog file. This could affect replication with
>>>>>>>>>> replica's  consumers in which case the consumers should be
>>>>>>>>>> reinitialized.
>>>>>>>>>> [06/Oct/2010:09:58:33 -0400] - skipping cos definition cn=account
>>>>>>>>>> inactivation,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com--no templates found
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The rest of the replication appears to be working correctly (as
>>>>>>>>>> far
>>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>> I can tell).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have tried using ipa-replica-manage init and synch to try to fix
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> replication, but I suspect this has something to do with the
>>>>>>>>>> schema
>>>>>>>>>> definition.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any pointers/ideas for how I can fix this?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dan, the memberof attribute is explicitly not replicated, and
>>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>> simply re-generated on the receiving replica when "member"
>>>>>>>>> attributes
>>>>>>>>> are replicated.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So does this imply that there is some corruption in the schema on
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> replica server?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are the IPA versions on the master and the replica the same ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They are both the same version: ipa-server-1.2.2-4.fc13.x86_64
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dan Scott
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is complaining that memberOf isn't allowed in the admins group
>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> pretty strange.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you show us the admins group out of the replica and master?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ldapsearch -x -b 'cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com' cn=admins
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Neither one has the inetUser objectclass which allows the use of
>>>>> memberOf.
>>>>>  But why is it attempting to add memberOf to this entry which is itself
>>>>> a
>>>>> group entry?  Is this some sort of nested group?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> rob
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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