[Freeipa-users] Replication status

[Dan Scott]

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 05/18/2012 10:31 AM, Dan Scott wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Rich Megginson<rmeggins at redhat.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05/18/2012 10:06 AM, Dan Scott wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Rich Megginson<rmeggins at redhat.com>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 05/18/2012 08:13 AM, Dan Scott wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Rob Crittenden<rcritten at redhat.com>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rich Megginson wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 05/02/2012 07:36 PM, Ian Levesque wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On May 2, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Rich Megginson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Is there any way to expose the nsDS5ReplicationAgreement
>>>>>>>>>>> objectClass
>>>>>>>>>>> to a less privileged account; i.e., an account solely designed to
>>>>>>>>>>> check replication status?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You also need to expose the RUV tombstone entry at the base of
>>>>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>>>>> suffix.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Good to know, thanks. I haven't messed with ACIs on 389ds/IPA
>>>>>>>>> before;
>>>>>>>>> any pointers?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Administration_Guide/Managing_Access_Control.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We already have some delegated permissions for replication but none
>>>>>>> granting
>>>>>>> only read access. Off the cuff, something like this might work:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dn: cn="$SUFFIX",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
>>>>>>> changetype: modify
>>>>>>> add: aci
>>>>>>> aci:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (targetattr=*)(targetfilter="(|(objectclass=nsds5replicationagreement)(objectclass=nsDSWindowsReplicationAgreement))")(version
>>>>>>> 3.0; aci "permission:Read Replication Agreements"; allow (read,
>>>>>>> search,
>>>>>>> compare) groupdn = "ldap:///cn=Read Replication
>>>>>>> Agreements,cn=permissions,cn=pbac,$SUFFIX";)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dn: cn=Read Replication Agreements,cn=permissions,cn=pbac,$SUFFIX
>>>>>>> changetype: add
>>>>>>> objectClass: top
>>>>>>> objectClass: groupofnames
>>>>>>> objectClass: ipapermission
>>>>>>> cn: Read Replication Agreements
>>>>>>> ipapermissiontype: SYSTEM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note that you'll need to replace $SUFFIX with your base dn
>>>>>>> (dc=example,dc=com).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is untested so YMMV. If you find that it works and is useful
>>>>>>> please
>>>>>>> let
>>>>>>> us know, maybe we can add this for everyone to enjoy :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it safe to allow anonymous access to read this attribute? I added
>>>>>> the following ACI:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dn: cn="$SUFFIX",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
>>>>>> changetype: modify
>>>>>> add: aci
>>>>>> aci:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (targetattr=*)(targetfilter="(|(objectclass=nsds5replicationagreement)(objectclass=nsDSWindowsReplicationAgreement))")(version
>>>>>> 3.0; aci "permission:Read Replication Agreements"; allow (read,
>>>>>> search, compare) groupdn = "ldap:///anyone";)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be better to restrict the list of attributes to only those
>>>>> needed
>>>>> by the app e.g. (targetattr="foo || bar || baz || ...")
>>>>
>>>> OK, thanks. I had a look through the available data and I think these
>>>> would be best:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> nsDS5ReplicaHost||nsds5replicaLastUpdateStatus||nsds5replicaLastUpdateStart||nsds5replicaLastUpdateEnd||nsds5replicaLastInitStart||nsds5replicaLastInitEnd||nsds5replicaUpdateInProgress
>>>>
>>>>>> And I can now get the replication status using an anonymous bind. I
>>>>>> also modified the nagios perl script to make an anonymous bind and
>>>>>> check the replication status - it's working OK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know if the aci should be a standard feature, option to
>>>>>> enable, or just to provide the ldif for anyone who wants it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure.  If you think it should be a standard feature, just file a
>>>>> ticket.
>>>>
>>>> OK, will do, once I've figured out a few more things. I want to enable
>>>> this for the PKI-CA directory too. I changed the dn to "dn:
>>>> cn="o=ipaca",cn=mapping tree,cn=config" and added this to my server on
>>>> port 7389. Using targetattr=*, everything works fine, but when I
>>>> restrict it to the list of attributes above, I don't get any results.
>>>> Is there another attribute I need to add?
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure why it would be any different for CA replication . . .
>>
>> Sorry, I wasn't clear. The difference isn't between CA and main, it's
>> between restricting to (targetattr="nsDS5ReplicaHost||.....) and
>> (targetattr=*). If I add the targetattr=* to the CA dirsrv, it works
>> fine. Neither work when I restrict to particular attributes.
>
>
> If you look at the access log it should tell you which attributes it is
> searching for.

Nothing shows up in the log. Does it show failed access attempts by default?