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authorSumit Bose <sbose@redhat.com>2020-12-02 10:10:37 +0100
committerSumit Bose <sbose@redhat.com>2020-12-03 12:39:05 +0100
commit3e4c42094c9660c710f544e31c49ff38180c7675 (patch)
tree73dad7a36a1caa64419dd90e5abcc1d7fade2d47 /doc
parentd7089129b966df83f083cb56ee90f6b906971cb6 (diff)
service: make TLS check more releaxed
Since realmd is most often the first application called to discover a domain we do not require a strict certificate check when using the ldaps port to connect to a domain controller. Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1826964
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diff --git a/doc/manual/realm.xml b/doc/manual/realm.xml
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@@ -293,7 +293,13 @@ $ realm join --user=admin --computer-ou=OU=Special domain.example.com
which offers a comparable level of security than ldaps.
This option is only needed if the standard LDAP port
(389/tcp) is blocked by a firewall and only the LDAPS
- port (636/tcp) is available.</para>
+ port (636/tcp) is available. Given that and to lower
+ the initial effort to discover a remote domain
+ <command>realmd</command> does not require a strict
+ certificate check. If the validation of the LDAP server
+ certificate fails <command>realmd</command> will
+ continue to setup the encrypted connection to the LDAP
+ server.</para>
<para>If this option is set to
<parameter>yes</parameter> <command>realmd</command>