Ticket was cloned from Red Hat Bugzilla (product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7): Bug 1273700
Description of problem: IPA installation should check Relative Distinguished Name (RDN) before installation rather than failing after process start ipa-server-install --setup-dns --forwarder=10.16.36.29 -r TESTRELM.TEST -p Secret123 -a Secret123 --subject=NOSUBJECT -U <snip> WARNING: conflicting time&date synchronization service 'chronyd' will be disabled in favor of ntpd Warning: skipping DNS resolution of host ipaserver.testrelm.test The domain name has been determined based on the host name. Checking DNS forwarders, please wait ... Using reverse zone(s) 121.65.10.in-addr.arpa. The IPA Master Server will be configured with: Hostname: ipaserver.testrelm.test IP address(es): 10.65.121.12 Domain name: testrelm.test Realm name: TESTRELM.TEST BIND DNS server will be configured to serve IPA domain with: Forwarders: 10.16.36.29 Reverse zone(s): 121.65.10.in-addr.arpa. Configuring NTP daemon (ntpd) [1/4]: stopping ntpd [2/4]: writing configuration [3/4]: configuring ntpd to start on boot [4/4]: starting ntpd Done configuring NTP daemon (ntpd). ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Server): ERROR malformed RDN string = "NOSUBJECT" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ipa-server-4.2.0-15.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start fresh installation of IPA server with invalid RDN as subject argument. Actual results: Error message after installation process ipa.ipapython.install.cli.install_tool(Server): ERROR malformed RDN string = "NOSUBJECT" Expected results: Error message before installation starts with informative/warning message to user rather than "malformed RDN string"
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ipa-4-2:
Metadata Update from @pvoborni: - Issue assigned to jcholast - Issue set to the milestone: FreeIPA 4.2.4
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