IPA selfsign CA setup cannot create replica information file after upgrade from RHEL6.3 to RHEL6.4

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Issue

# ipa-replica-prepare replica.example.com --ip-address 10.1.1.3 --no-reverse
Directory Manager (existing master) password: 

Preparing replica for ipareplica.example.com from ipaserver.example.com
Creating SSL certificate for the Directory Server
certutil: could not find certificate named "CN=EXAMPLE.COM Certificate Authority": security library: bad database.
certutil: unable to create cert (security library: bad database.)
preparation of replica failed: Command '/usr/bin/certutil -d /tmp/tmpDKBdyzipa/realm_info -A -n Server-Cert -t u,u,u -i /var/lib/ipa/ipa-PQzfmA/tmpcert.der -f /tmp/tmpDKBdyzipa/realm_info/pwdfile.txt' returned non-zero exit status 255
Command '/usr/bin/certutil -d /tmp/tmpDKBdyzipa/realm_info -A -n Server-Cert -t u,u,u -i /var/lib/ipa/ipa-PQzfmA/tmpcert.der -f /tmp/tmpDKBdyzipa/realm_info/pwdfile.txt' returned non-zero exit status 255
  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-replica-prepare", line 490, in <module>
    main()

  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-replica-prepare", line 361, in main
    export_certdb(api.env.realm, ds_dir, dir, passwd_fname, "dscert", replica_fqdn, subject_base)

  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-replica-prepare", line 150, in export_certdb
    raise e

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3, upgraded to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4.
  • ipa-server-3.0.0-26.el6_4.2.x86_64

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