Hi, some questions:
a) It sounds like the dconf test for interim releases also applies to
the LTS releases, right? If yes, could it be included in the test plan
for LTS releases as well?
b) updates to the privilege policy manager to support the newer Polkit versions
(>= 124)
Which part of the test plan explicitly tests this change?
c) updates to the privilege policy manager to support the newer Polkit versions
(>= 124)
From the list of affected releases in this SRU, only jammy has an older
policykit-1 package (0.105). How is this backwards compatibility being changed?
I mean, adsys 0.16.3 needs to support both policykit-1 >= 124, and <124, right?
d) I see a template file (policies/Ubuntu/all/Ubuntu.admx) getting updated
entries for Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky), which is not part of this SRU (plucky
already has adsys 0.16.3).
d1) What is the reason to include this change in this SRU?
d2) What is the benefit of including this change in this SRU?
d3) What is the risk of including this change in this SRU?
d4) How is this change going to be tested?
e) Assuming adsys will process policies even on interim releases, but
perhaps a restricted set, shouldn't the interim release also test the
large policies fix?
f) Jammy and Noble currently have 0.14.3. There are many launchpad bugs listed
in d/changelog between 0.15 and 0.16.3.
I know that jammy and noble had SRUs in the past which DID NOT update the
version number, but applied patches. Can you confirm that this version 0.16.3
is not fixing anything else in noble and jammy that is already addressed by
their latest SRUs?
** Changed in: adsys (Ubuntu Oracular)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Changed in: adsys (Ubuntu Noble)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Changed in: adsys (Ubuntu Jammy)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2091940
Title:
[SRU] Release adsys 0.16.3
Status in adsys package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in adsys source package in Jammy:
Incomplete
Status in adsys source package in Noble:
Incomplete
Status in adsys source package in Oracular:
Incomplete
Bug description:
[Impact]
Adsys 0.16.3 introduces dependency bumps, and updates to the privilege
policy manager to support the newer Polkit versions (>= 124) and their
new syntax for defining system admins.
It also adds fixes and improvements for certificate autoenrollment,
specifically for multiple domains AD environments (i.e. parent.com and
child.parent.com). Those fixes involve the refinement of some LDAP
queries that were targeting the wrong domain and allowing the default
behavior of getting the templates for a specific certificate authority
to be overridden through changes in the cepces configuration file.
We also fixed an issue with the parsing of (very) large policies, so
we can now support even bigger files.
Since the behavior updates mentioned only impact policy managers
locked under a Pro subscription, this should not impact interim
releases.
[Test Plan]
- For interim releases:
Requirements:
- Windows Server VM with Active Directory services (AD DS) configured;
1) Configure DCONF policies in the AD controller;
2) Enroll the Ubuntu machine on the domain;
3) Install adsys 0.16.3;
4) Ensure that a user from the enrolled domain can authenticate and that
the
policies were applied correctly;
- For LTS releases:
Requirements:
- Multiple domains environment (i.e. root.com and child.root.com)
- Windows Server VM with Active Directory services (AD DS), on root.com.
- Windows Server VM with Active Directory services (AD DS), Active
Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and a CEPCES server configured,
on child.root.com.
1) Configure privilege policies in the child AD controller;
2) Enable the certificate autoenrollment policy in the child AD
controller;
3) Configure a (very) large GPO (around 400kb).
4) Enroll the Ubuntu machine on the child domain;
5) Install adsys 0.16.3;
6) Ensure that adsys was able to parse all the relevant policies;
7) Ensure that a user from the enrolled domain can authenticate and that
the
privilege policy was applied correctly;
8) Ensure that the machine is enrolled to the correct certificate
authority;
[Where problems could occur]
Since all of adsys external dependencies are vendored, there is no
risk of incompatibility with other packages in the Ubuntu release.
Unless an internal bug within one of them affects adsys (this would
likely have been spotted in CI), bumping their version should not
cause issues.
If adsys fails to parse a large policy file, it won't be applied. If
the policy was enforced on the domain controller, authentication will
be denied. This is already the case in the current archive version, so
there's no risk of regression here.
The changes focused at the Privilege and Certificate managers are
locked under a Pro subscription, so they have no impact on interim
releases.
As for LTS releases, there are two fail points:
If adsys fails to apply the privilege escalation policy and the policy
is enforced by the AD controller, then authentication will be
prevented for users that require this GPO. If the policy is not
enforced, then authentication will proceed as normal and polkit will
use the system default values for system administrators.
If adsys fails to fetch the certificate authorities or enroll the
machine to a certificate template, authentication will still be
allowed but the machine won't have access to the certificate benefits.
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