[Freeipa-users] how to delete duplicate?

[Martin Kosek]

On 06/02/2015 03:11 AM, Janelle wrote:
> I have a duplicate user.
>
> Same exact name, but different UID's. But there does not seem to be a way to do
> "ipa user-del" on anything other than username, which ends up returning:
>
> # ipa user-del another_username
> ipa: ERROR: The search criteria was not specific enough. Expected 1 and found 2.
>
> Any ideas on how I can delete this user?
>
> ~J

Hello Janelle,

This sounds as a replication conflict problem. More info here:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Linux_Domain_Identity_Authentication_and_Policy_Guide/managing-topology.html#repl-conflicts

HTH,
Martin