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SSSD: System Security Services DaemonSSSD: System Security Services DaemonPosted Sep 29, 2011 14:01 UTC (Thu) by sgallagh (guest, #80524)In reply to: SSSD: System Security Services Daemon by nix Parent article: SSSD: System Security Services Daemon
SSSD does not currently run automatically on any system, nor is it presently required for your system to operate. We are an optional component, usable when you want network identity and authentication. Otherwise (and by default) we do not run on the system.
At this time, SSSD doesn't interact with local users at all. However, in the future we're planning on adding additional features for the desktop. At that time, we may start handling local user accounts as well.
(Such features include central or local storage of additional user data such as language preference, face browser image, etc.)
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SSSD: System Security Services Daemon Posted Sep 29, 2011 20:28 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Hm. Interesting. If it's not required to operate, why is it running on all my Fedora boxes? I guess it was installed by default, or pulled in by something else: I certainly didn't ask for it.
SSSD: System Security Services Daemon Posted Sep 30, 2011 11:08 UTC (Fri) by sgallagh (guest, #80524) [Link]
The Fedora installation disks install the SSSD package by default so that it's possible to configure network identities during installation and firstboot.
Just because the package is present on the system doesn't mean it's running. Check 'service sssd status'. The design of the SSSD package in Fedora is such that in its default configuration it will fail to start (since it requires configuration specific to your network environment to do anything useful)
SSSD: System Security Services Daemon Posted Sep 30, 2011 11:55 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
OK, I've proved I can't read ps output as well. I think I've done enough of making myself look like a fool in front of thousands of people for now :)
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