ipa-client-install LDAP Error: Connect error: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed

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Issue

  • In some specific scenario, an IdM / IPA client installation may fail at the beginning with the following error:
root        : ERROR    LDAP Error: Connect error: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed
Failed to verify that xxx.xxxx.example.com is an IPA server.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
  • ipa-client-2.1.3-5.el5_92

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 IPA client:

  • Enroll this IPA client in one IPA domain

  • Un-register or un-configure that IPA client
  • Re-enroll this same IPA client into a different IPA domain / different set of IPA servers (could be for same domain name string)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8 (Tikanga)
Linux ca1.example.com 2.6.18-308.11.1.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jun 15 15:41:53 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
sssd-1.5.1-49.el5_8.1.x86_64      Mon 11 Jun 2012 11:56:14 PM PDT
ipa-client-2.1.3-2.el5_8.x86_64      Mon 11 Jun 2012 11:56:15 PM PDT

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