[SSSD] Wiki pages on SSSD Troubleshooting and reporting bugs

Jakub Hrozek jhrozek at redhat.com
Tue Mar 24 21:09:20 UTC 2015


On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:57:05PM +0100, Pavel Březina wrote:
> On 03/19/2015 12:53 PM, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I created two wiki pages to help our users troubleshoot their setups and
> >file better bug reports. I hope the information captured there would
> >allow us to receive better information, avoid copying and explaning the
> >same principles over and over -- and ultimately have more time for
> >coding :-)
> >
> >The Troubleshooting page is here:
> >     https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Troubleshooting
> >And the Bug reporting page is here:
> >     https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Reporting_sssd_bugs
> >
> >In the troubleshooting page, I tried to stay away from describing known
> >bugs and rather describe how SSSD works so the user can see which part
> >doesn't work and needs to be fixed or reconfigured.
> 
> Maybe we can add a link to may thesis [1], where is thoroughly described how
> sssd works?

Added, good idea:
    https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Troubleshooting?action=diff&version=16&old_version=15

> 
> >
> >I would also like to add a section about debugging sudo, but I know Dan
> >had some ideas and also I'd like to hear Pavel's opionion before doing
> >the work.
> 
> Honestly, I don't really know if any of the customers issues occurs
> regularly. But the troubleshooting is all the same:
> - ldbsearch to see if the rules are actually downloaded
> - check the logs how many rules are returned to sudo

OK, what about debugging of sudo itself? It differs a bit between
versions, but would it for instance show if the user was missing a group
membership?

> 
> Most of the problems where misconfiguration of some sort. Maybe Dan can
> provide more statistics from customer portal.
> 
> >
> >If the other developers agree on the wiki pages, I would like to link
> >them from the SSSD front page. I'd like to also unlink the obsolete
> >Howto, at least until/if a new one is created.
> >
> >I'll be happy to hear reviews or comments.
> 
> Good job with those documents. Kudos!
> 
> [1] http://is.muni.cz/th/359290/fi_m/thesis.pdf
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