[Freeipa-users] freeipa-server-install fails to compare DNs in certificates

[Harald Dunkel]

Hi folks,

apparently ipa-server-install (4.2) gets confused about the
attribute sequence in the DNs of the certificates. If I use

	ipa-server-install --external-ca --subject="C=DE,O=example AG"

then ipa's csr contains

	O=example AG, C=DE, CN=Certificate Authority

The signed certificate contains

	C=DE, O=example AG, CN=Certificate Authority

If I run ipa-server-install again to hand off the certificate
chain, then the code in load_external_cert() (installutils.py)
sees
	ca_subject = "CN=Certificate Authority,C=DE,O=example AG"
	subject    = "CN=Certificate Authority,O=example AG,C=DE"
	:
	if subject == ca_subject:
		ca_nickname = nickname
	:
	if ca_nickname is None:
		raise ScriptError("IPA CA certificate not found in %s" % (", ".join(files)))

The strings don't match and the certificate chain is rejected,
even though it is valid.

Please check https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-7.1 for
reference.


Can anybody reproduce this? What would you suggest to convince
ipa 4.2 to accept valid certificate chains?


Regards
Harri