[Freeipa-users] Can I change an IPA client's IPA without re-enrolling it?

Rob Crittenden rcritten at redhat.com
Wed Mar 6 21:50:35 UTC 2013


Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> The subject says it all.
>
> I'm using IPA in CentOS 6. I know for a hostname change on a client, I'd
> have to uninstall the IPA client, change the hostname, and then
> reinstall it.  But, I don't know if that holds true for IPs.
>
> Would a simple IP change require the uninstall/change/install steps?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ranbir
>

A re-install should not be necessary. Just be sure that forward and 
reverse name resolution works after making the change (something we test 
for during install).

rob




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