#4935 [RFE] Add text in UI describing differing LDAP vs Krb behavior for combinations of "User authentication types"
Closed: Fixed None Opened 9 years ago by pvoborni.

Ticket was cloned from Red Hat Bugzilla (product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7): Bug 1198796

Description of problem:

IPA Web GUI displays 3 options for "User authentication types":
[] Password
[] Radius
[] Two factor authentication (password + OTP)

User will expect that selection of authentication type will apply consistently
to both Kerberos and LDAP authentication.  However, from the docs:

"If you choose the password and two-factor authentication types at once,
Kerberos still enforces authentication with both password and OTP. LDAP allows
authentication with either one of the authentication types in this situation."

"If you choose the RADIUS authentication type together with another
authentication type, Kerberos always uses RADIUS, but LDAP never does. LDAP
only recognizes the password and two-factor authentication options."

Please add text to the UI to describe this non-consistency, to reduce the risk
of an administrator misunderstanding and using settings causing weaker security
than anticipated.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 7.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. UI only shows three options, no descriptive text
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Actual results:
-

Expected results:
-

Additional info:
-

Moving to 4.2.1, not a blocker for 4.2.

master:

  • ebc7ab1 webui: add LDAP vs Kerberos behavior description to user auth types

ipa-4-2:

  • dcd8a15 webui: add LDAP vs Kerberos behavior description to user auth types

Metadata Update from @pvoborni:
- Issue assigned to pvoborni
- Issue set to the milestone: FreeIPA 4.2.1

7 years ago

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