[Freeipa-users] failure to un-install FreeIPA

[Adam Young]

On 05/10/2011 05:02 PM, Steven Jones wrote:
> VMware local console....I cant cut and paste outputs or scroll back when its a KDE rdp to a windows 7 vmware guest and then into the vmware thick client and then to a "local" console simply doesnt work...
>
> Bit messy but I get a Linux desktop....


Yeah, I had to deal with that in my lst job.  I had a hack where I 
converted the MAC address to the IPv6 Link local in order to be able to 
get an SSH session without firing up the  vSphere Gui.


> :D
>
> regards
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Rob Crittenden [rcritten at redhat.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 May 2011 8:52 a.m.
> To: Steven Jones
> Cc: freeipa-users at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] failure to un-install  FreeIPA
>
> Steven Jones wrote:
>> I logged in via ssh instead so I could get an output and the install worked without a hitch...
> ssh instead of what?
>
> rob
>
>> :/
>>
>> weird.......
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Steven
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Martin Kosek [mkosek at redhat.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 10 May 2011 8:32 p.m.
>> To: Steven Jones
>> Cc: freeipa-users at redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] failure to un-install  FreeIPA
>>
>> On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 03:58 +0000, Steven Jones wrote:
>>> I am trying to un-install freeipa with
>>>
>>> ipa-server-install --uninstall and its saying not installed, but when I try to install its saying already installed!
>>>
>>> oops.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to force the script to check and remove everything?
>>>
>>> Or somewhere there is a lock file or something that needs removing?
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>> Steven,
>>
>> can you please send a full output of `ipa-server-install --uninstall`
>> and then the `ipa-server-install` command? (and freeipa-server package
>> version) There was a that could case this behavior.
>>
>> Anyway, the installer files you are looking for are there:
>> /var/lib/ipa/sysrestore/          # server backup files
>> /var/lib/ipa-client/sysrestore/   # client backup files
>>
>> If you remove then, the installation will continue. However, I wouldn't
>> recommend removing them manually as ipa-[server|client]-install
>> --uninstall won't be able to return the machine to it's original
>> configuration then. I would rather suggest using the server/client
>> uninstaller again.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
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