Aravindh Sampathkumar via FreeIPA-users wrote:

Hello list,

I'm trying to move from NIS to FreeIPA for authentication in a cluster.  I already setup FreeIPA server running version 4.5.0 on CentOS 7 and it works good. I've got a few Centos 7 and Fedora 23 clients talking to it all good.

We have a few legacy nodes that *fedora 14* and *fedora 20* and I'm not allowed to replace the nodes just yet. I would like for them to be able to talk to the same FreeIPA server as well. I tried to install freeIPA client, but with no success. Appreciate any help/tips with getting the latest freeipa-client installed and running on fedora 14.

I tried to install "ipa-client" available in Fedora 11 updates repository..

root@c04b13 ~]# yum install ipa-client ... ---> Package ipa-client.x86_64 0:1.2.2-6.fc14 set to be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ... Processing delta metadata Package(s) data still to download: 48 k ipa-client-1.2.2-6.fc14.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                                                 |  48 ... Running Transaction   Installing     : ipa-client-1.2.2-6.fc14.x86_64

Installed:   ipa-client.x86_64 0:1.2.2-6.fc14

Complete!

[root@c04b13 ~]# ipa-client-install DNS discovery failed to determine your DNS domain Please provide the domain name of your IPA server (ex: example.com): freeipa1.nghpc.dk DNS discovery failed to find the IPA Server Please provide your IPA server name (ex: ipa.example.com): freeipa1.nghpc.dk Failed to verify that freeipa1.nghpc.dk is an IPA Server. This may mean that the remote server is not up or is not reachable due to network or firewall settings.

The same ipa-client-install works just fine on a Fedora 23 box on the same network.  My question: Is there a way to get the latest FreeIPA-client package installed on this old fedora 14 box?

I tried to download the rpm file from (http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/...) and install it using

yum --nogpgcheck localinstall freeipa-client-4.6.1-4.fc28.x86_64.rpm

But, it only throws dependancy errors as in the attached console log.

Any ideas about how I can get the freeipa-client package on f14?

You can't, don't try.

You are probably best off doing a manual configuration. You could try the config suggested by: ipa-advise config-redhat-sssd-before-1-9

If that doesn't work you'll need to manually configure it using whatever ldap provider was available then. It's so long ago I can't even remember.

Fedora 14 is ancient, released 8 years ago!

It also contains basically the first release of freeIPA which is likely why the client isn't working.

rob