[Freeipa-users] compat plug-in and replication

[Rob Crittenden]

Stephen Ingram wrote:
> I've seen mention about the compat plug-in causing issues with
> replication. In my 2.1.4 installation I notice that the plug-in is
> turned on by default. Is compat only required for those supporting NIS
> or does it serve another purpose. As I don't use NIS, I'm just
> wondering if it's safe to turn off.

The compat plugin wasn't causing problems with replication but we did 
see increasing memory and CPU usage during migration. We now recommend 
that compat be disabled when migrating entries (who needs the overhead 
anyway).

Yes, safe to turn it off depending on what your needs are. There are two 
capabilities provided by the slapi-nis plugin:

1. Compatibility for older clients such as Solaris which doesn't fully 
grok 2307bis and netgroup triples (ipa-compat-manage enable/disable)

2. An NIS listener (ipa-nis-manage enable/disable) which requires compat 
to be enabled.

But like I said, shouldn't impact replication at all. It just reformats 
data.

> I'm also wondering about replication support in Redhat versions vs
> Fedora. Earlier I saw mention that the replication feature in the
> Redhat version was going to be made available through a separate
> channel. Then later conversation led me to believe that this had been
> changed. Is this still the case?

Replication is included with 389-ds-base on both platforms.

rob