Cert request fails with "Insufficient access: Insufficient 'write' privilege to the 'userCertificate' attribute of entry"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • 'Insufficient access' error when trying to issue a certificate with a service SAN:
ca-error: Server at https://ipaserver1.ipa.domain/ipa/xml denied our request, giving up: 2100 (RPC failed at server.  Insufficient access: Insufficient 'write' privilege to the 'userCertificate' attribute of entry 'krbprincipalname=cert/webserver.ipa.domain@IPA.DOMAIN,cn=services,cn=accounts,dc=ipa,dc=domain'.).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 8, 9
  • Red Hat Identity Management (IPA) v4

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