On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Dan Scott <danieljamessc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a 'nice' way to reinstall a host? i.e. The host has already > been installed in FreeIPA and for whatever reason I need to reinstall > the OS, so I have a clean system and the host is already enrolled on > the server. > > ipa-client-install fails with "Host already enrolled" and I have to > connect to an enrolled client, remove the host, and then return to > install the client. > > Would it be possible to have a '--reinstall' option to > ipa-client-install? It wouldn't have to add the host into IPA, just > configure the files and get the keytab.
If I understand it correctly, this could overwrite hosts passwords which is probably not what you want with a kerberos realm. You should manually remove the host first from the realm and then rejoin it. -- natxo _______________________________________________ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
