[Freeipa-users] 32 bit netmask detection and error during install

[Jeff Clay]

I found where this had been fixed by
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/5814 and I have filed a bug report
requesting the patch to be backported
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413742

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:43 AM, David Kupka <dkupka at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 16/01/17 03:15, Jeff Clay wrote:
>
>> I’m trying to install FreeIPA on CentOS 7. The server I’m using is a
>> Google Cloud Compute Engine instance. For some reason, they assign all
>> instances a /32 bit netmask on the internal interface even though you have
>> your own private /20 subnet.
>> When installing freeipa on these vm's, you get the error "Error: Invalid
>> IP Address 10.128.0.5: cannot use IP network address 10.128.0.5”
>>
>> Here are the settings for the interface.
>> eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1460
>>         inet 10.128.0.5  netmask 255.255.255.255  broadcast 10.128.0.5
>>         ether 42:01:0a:80:00:05  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>>         RX packets 17904  bytes 116212393 (110.8 MiB)
>>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>>         TX packets 19001  bytes 3287390 (3.1 MiB)
>>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>>
>> How can I bypass that error and should /32 mask detection really be there?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Hello Jeff,
> this issue was already fixed upstream [1]. The fix is part of 4.4.2
> release. I'm afraid it's not available in CentOS yet. The easiest way would
> be to wait for the release to get to the CentOS or use Fedora instead.
>
> [1] https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/5814
> --
> David Kupka
>
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