certmonger service fails to automatically renew IdM subsystem certificates due to insufficient write privilege
Issue
- When the certmonger service attempts to automatically renew the internal Identity Management (IdM) subsystem certificates, errors similar to the following are visible in /var/log/messages:
Oct 28 15:17:55 ipa01 python: Updating renewal certificate failed: Insufficient access: Insufficient 'add' privilege to add the entry 'cn=auditSigningCert cert-pki-ca,cn=ca_renewal,cn=ipa,cn=etc,dc=example,dc=com'.
Oct 28 15:18:35 ipa01 python: Updating renewal certificate failed: Insufficient access: Insufficient 'add' privilege to add the entry 'cn=subsystemCert cert-pki-ca,cn=ca_renewal,cn=ipa,cn=etc,dc=example,dc=com'.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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