[SSSD] [PATCH] MAN: Clarify that changing ID mapping options might require purging the cache

Jakub Hrozek jhrozek at redhat.com
Tue Feb 25 16:11:19 UTC 2014


Hi,

the attached patch addresses #2252. I tried to make it clear that
removing the cache should only be done while online, but I'm open to any
further suggestions.
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From: Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek at redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:09:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] MAN: Clarify that changing ID mapping options might require
 purging the cache

https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/2252

Currently SSSD chokes when IDs of users change, we don't support ID
changes yet. Because some users were confused about the failures, this
patch adds additional clarification.
---
 src/man/include/ldap_id_mapping.xml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/man/include/ldap_id_mapping.xml b/src/man/include/ldap_id_mapping.xml
index 9dda399243bfd1725509c239d3358f2ef7501014..97c1d764f2f6a702265134ff8e97963345164245 100644
--- a/src/man/include/ldap_id_mapping.xml
+++ b/src/man/include/ldap_id_mapping.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
         need to use manually-assigned values, ALL values must be
         manually-assigned.
     </para>
+    <para>
+        Please note that changing the ID mapping related configuration
+        options might cause the user and group IDs to change. At the moment,
+        SSSD does not support changing IDs, so the SSSD database must be
+        removed. Because cached passwords are also stored in the database,
+        removing the database should only be performed while the SSSD
+        is online, otherwise users might get locked out.
+    </para>
 
     <refsect2 id='idmap_algorithm'>
         <title>Mapping Algorithm</title>
-- 
1.8.5.3



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