[Freeipa-users] No result when trying to integrate a FreeBSD client with the FreeIPA server

[Petr Spacek]

On 14.10.2014 11:49, Orkhan Gasimov wrote:
> I suspected that problems could arise with DNS, and here they are...
>
> In fact, this entire string: "ipa_server = _srv_ #our FreeIPA server has DNS
> SRV entries" was taken as-is from the how-to on FreeBSD forums. First I
> commented it out, because was unsure sure if it was appropriate for my simple
> setup with just 2 VMs and and a bunch of records in /etc/hosts file. After
> starting sssd, I could get no IPA data with"getent passwd" or "getent group"
> commands. They I uncommented it and restarted sssd, but things remained the same.
>
> Now your advice is:  "...add IP address or hostname to the option ipa_server",
> but you use an arbitrary name like "vm-120.eurosel.az". Could you please
> explain which host`s FQDN I should put there? If I use "ipa1.eurosel.az", then
> sssd won`t start (complains about "...Looping detected inside
> krb5_get_in_tkt...").
>
> If it MUST be a DNS server, then everything changes. And the question then
> becomes: is it possible to set up a test FreeIPA client-server interaction
> using only 2 VMs and proper records in /etc/hosts instead of a DNS server? Or
> one MUST add a third VM and make it a DNS server to facilitate client-server
> interaction?

IPA theoretically can work without DNS records but it requires very careful 
configuration on clients and is strongly discouraged.

If you want to do quick & dirty test, do this:
$ ipa-server-install --setup-dns --forwarder <ip address of your *existing* 
DNS server>
+ specify IPA domain name which is sub-domain of you existing domain (e.g. 
ipa.eurosel.az)
+ change /etc/resolv.conf on *all* clients to point to IPA server

*This is a dirty trick* and it will not work unless all your clients has the 
IPA server in resolv.conf. It will most likely break when you try to use AD 
trust with AD clients etc.


*In production environment* you should add NS records for ipa.eurosel.az 
domain to the parent DNS zone to create proper delegation. In that case you 
don't need to fiddle with resolv.conf on all clients.

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Petr^2 Spacek


> 14-Oct-14 12:58, Lukas Slebodnik пишет:
>> On (14/10/14 10:23), Orkhan Gasimov wrote:
>>> Thanks to both of you for the interest.
>>> Here`s the info you asked:
>>>
>>> 1. Putting "debug_level = 7" either in [domain] or/and [nss] section of the
>>> /usr/local/etc/sssd/sssd.conf file gives nothing in the log. The log file
>>> located at /var/log/sssd/sssd.log is only populated with data when I make
>>> some errors in sssd.conf & sssd process fails to start. But that`s the case
>>> only if I deliberately introduce some errors; with current configuration sssd
>>> starts successfully.
>>>
>>> 2. My original sssd.conf (without debugs) is as follows (exact copy of what
>>> was shown in the post at FreeBSD forums):
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------
>>> [domain/mydomain.com]
>>> cache_credentials = True
>>> krb5_store_password_if_offline = True
>>> ipa_domain = mydomain.com
>>> id_provider = ipa
>>> auth_provider = ipa
>>> access_provider = ipa
>>> ipa_hostname = ipa1.mydomain.com
>>> chpass_provider = ipa
>>> ipa_server = _srv_ #our FreeIPA server has DNS SRV entries
>>
>> [resolv_getsrv_send] (0x0100): Trying to resolve SRV record of
>> '_ldap._tcp.eurosel.az'
>> ...
>> [resolve_srv_done] (0x0020): SRV query failed: [Domain name not found]
>> [set_srv_data_status] (0x0100): Marking SRV lookup of service 'IPA' as 'not
>> resolved'
>> [be_resolve_server_process] (0x0080): Couldn't resolve server (SRV lookup
>> meta-server), resolver returned (5)
>>
>> DNS discovery of IPA server failed, becuase you just configured few hostnames
>> in /etc/hosts
>>
>> You can add IP address or hostname to the option ipa_server
>> e.g.
>>      ipa_server = _srv_, vm-120.eurosel.az
>>
>> BTW In my opinion, it is better to have comment before the optiona and not on
>> the same line :-)