On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 09:37 -0500, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Jason Gerard DeRose wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 17:41 -0400, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> >> I had originally implemented allowing a host to request certificates for 
> >> other hosts using the requesting IP address. That was a pretty lousy way 
> >> to do it.
> >>
> >> This patch uses the DS ACI system instead. We came up with a clever ACI 
> >> that lets hosts listed in the managedBy attribute in the service modify 
> >> the userCertificate attribute. So you can use this to delegate which 
> >> hosts can request certificates for which services, even for other machines.
> >>
> >> I also re-ordered the request_certificate() method a bit. We want all 
> >> the service work done before we do the certificate request. It was 
> >> previously adding the service after the cert request was done. This 
> >> could mean a failed request if the requestor isn't allowed to add 
> >> services. But it is also too late because the cert had already been issued.
> >>
> >> I documented how this works a bit at 
> >> http://www.freeipa.org/page/Certificate_Authority
> >>
> >> rob
> > 
> > I'm having problems applying this patch:
> > 
> > error: install/share/60basev2.ldif: patch does not apply
> > 
> 
> It was because the syntax of the fqdn attribute in 60basev2.ldif changed 
> and it was in the context of this patch. New patch attached.
> 
> rob

ack.  pushed to master.

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