[Freeipa-users] RHEL5 IPA client for RHEL6.3 IPA server?

[Rob Crittenden]

David Summers wrote:
>
> I have looked back through the last year of mail archives for this list
> and haven't yet found anything on this.
>
> I spent a day or so trying to get a RHEL6.3 server set up with several
> clients,
>
> Clients:
> RHEL 6.3 32-bit
> RHEL 6.3 64-bit
> RHEL 5.8 32-bit
> RHEL 5.8 64-bit
>
> So far I've been able to get the RHEL 6.3 clients to register and setup
> up as a client for RHEL 6.3 IPA server but whenever I try to install the
> ipa-client on RHEL 5.8 I just get the following error:
>
> [root at rh5 ~]# ipa-client-install
> Discovery was successful!
> Hostname: rh5.summersoft
> Realm: SUMMERSOFT
> DNS Domain: summersoft
> IPA Server: ipaserver.summersoft
> BaseDN: dc=summersoft
>
>
> Continue to configure the system with these values? [no]: yes
> User authorized to enroll computers: admin
> Synchronizing time with KDC...
> Unable to sync time with IPA NTP server, assuming the time is in sync.
> Password for admin at SUMMERSOFT:
>
> Joining realm failed: SASL Bind failed Local error (-2) !
> child exited with 9
> Installation failed. Rolling back changes.
> IPA client is not configured on this system.
>
> In the install log:
>
> 2012-10-16 23:16:34,410 DEBUG stderr=
> 2012-10-16 23:16:35,032 DEBUG args=/usr/sbin/ipa-join -s
> ipaserver.summersoft -b
>   dc=summersoft
> 2012-10-16 23:16:35,032 DEBUG stdout=
> 2012-10-16 23:16:35,032 DEBUG stderr=SASL Bind failed Local error (-2) !
> child exited with 9
>
>
> Is RHEL 5.8 a supported client for RHEL 6.3 IPA server?
>
> If so, what am I doing wrong?  I tried following both the RHEL 5.8 and
> RHEL 6.3 install instructions but
> nothing I have tried is working so far!
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or pointers you can provide.
>
>     - David Summers

What is the version of the 5.8 ipa-client package? You want 
ipa-client-2.1.3-2.el5_8

rob