1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ipa-python/ipautil.py b/ipa-python/ipautil.py
index 649a3f203..780fef3d0 100644
--- a/ipa-python/ipautil.py
+++ b/ipa-python/ipautil.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from types import *
 import re
 import xmlrpclib
 import datetime
+from ipa import config
 try:
     from subprocess import CalledProcessError
     class CalledProcessError(subprocess.CalledProcessError):
@@ -53,6 +54,15 @@ except ImportError:
         def __str__(self):
             return "Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d" % (self.cmd, self.returncode)
 
+def get_domain_name():
+    try:
+        config.init_config()
+        domain_name = config.config.get_domain()
+    except Exception, e:
+        return None
+
+    return domain_name
+
 def realm_to_suffix(realm_name):
     s = realm_name.split(".")
     terms = ["dc=" + x.lower() for x in s]