Getting error "entry is not a member" while removing an external host from netgroup
Issue
Trying to remove an external host from a net-group gives an error "This entry is not a member"
# ipa netgroup-remove-member srvnetg02 --hosts=alpha
Netgroup name: srvnetg02
Description: srvnetg02
NIS domain name: ipa01.example.com
External host: spks, delta, spkd, beta, spkc, spkl, alpha, schez, spki2, spki1
Member Host: prosrv.example.com, prosrv1b.example.com, prosrv1e.example.com, prosrv3.example.com, prosrv3b.example.com, prosrv5b.example.com, prosrv5v.example.com, prosrvt.example.com
Failed hosts/hostgroups:
member host: alpha.example.com: This entry is not a member
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Number of members removed 0
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Though the host is shown as an External host belonging to this netgroup
# ipa netgroup-show srvnetg02 --raw --all
dn: ipaUniqueID=5fc19258-b6e6-11e6-a97e-5254002f7b2e,cn=ng,cn=alt,dc=example,dc=com
cn: srvnetg02
description: srvnetg02
nisdomainname: ipa01.example.com
ipauniqueid: 5fc19258-b6e6-11e6-a97e-5254002f7b2e
externalhost: spks
externalhost: delta
externalhost: spkd
externalhost: beta
externalhost: spkc
externalhost: spkl
externalhost: alpha
externalhost: schez
externalhost: spki2
externalhost: spki1
memberhost: fqdn=prosrv.example.com,cn=computers,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
memberhost: fqdn=prosrv1b.example.com,cn=computers,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
memberhost: fqdn=prosrv1e.example.com,cn=computers,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
memberhost: fqdn=prosrv3.example.com,cn=computers,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
memberhost: fqdn=prosrv3b.example.com,cn=computers,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
memberhost: fqdn=prosrv5b.example.com,cn=computers,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
memberhost: fqdn=prosrv5v.example.com,cn=computers,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
memberhost: fqdn=prosrvt.example.com,cn=computers,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: ipaobject
objectclass: ipaassociation
objectclass: ipanisnetgroup
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Identity Management (IdM)
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