On 01/10/2019 02:21, Fraser Tweedale wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 02:04:15PM +0100, lejeczek via FreeIPA-users wrote: >> On 09/09/2019 01:07, Fraser Tweedale wrote: >>> On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 12:01:23PM +0100, lejeczek via FreeIPA-users wrote: >>>> hi guys, >>>> >>>> how to manage those? >>>> >>>> Why are these missing in "standard" IPA installations and how to get >>>> them in? >>>> >>>> many thanks, L. >>>> >>> Do you mean in the IPA CA certificate, or in the end-entity >>> certificates? >>> >>> If the CA certificate, use the --ca-subject option to specify the >>> full subject DN you desire. Note that you can only do this upon >>> installation; there is no way to change the subject of the CA after >>> installation. >>> >>> For end-entity certificates, upon installation you can use the >>> --subject-base option to specify the desired "subject base DN", to >>> which the Common Name (CN) will be appended. For existing >>> installations you can use the 'ipa certprofile-*' commands to import >>> or modify profile configurations. You will want to tweak the >>> configuration of the 'subjectNameDefaultImpl' component to put >>> include the desired attributes. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Fraser >> Does the exactness of the 'subject' matter and if so then to whom? >> > It does matter. It is *critical* when renewing a CA certificate > that the subject not change. On first installation it is not so > critical, but receiving a certificate with different subject DN from > the CSR usually indicates a mistake or a likelihood of problems down > the track, when you need to renew it. So we reject it. > >> I got a request signed by an external authority but renewal fails with: >> >> $ IPA CA certificate with subject 'C=GB,......' was not found in ./file.crt >> >> $ The ipa-cacert-manage command failed. >> >> and when I glanced at request and the cert I can see that their subjects >> differ in such way that order (what do you call it?) is reversed: >> >> request - Subject: CN=CCN O=University, L=Some, ST=Something, C=GB >> >> cert - C=GB, ST=Something, L=Some, O=University, CN=CCN >> >> If this is the problem indeed then how to resolve such problem? Else, >> what is the problem? >> > You have to put in the CSR what you expect to get back. If the > issuer is reversing the Subject DN attributes... you will never get > back what you want**. So you should work out what is going on in the > program that is issuing the certificate; work with your CA admins or > the CA software configuration to resolve this. > > ** unless the Subject DN is a palindrome :D > > If you give details about the program used to issue the IPA CA > certificate, we may be able to assist more. > > Cheers, > Fraser
many thanks Fraser, what about cert's extensions, if those are "lost"? If CA extension is lots? Does that brake stuff badly? (I fear yes) thanks, L.
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