I have a Redhat linux 7.6 server that I need to uninstall samba on. When I run the "yum remove" command it wants to remove sssd
packages because of dependencies. Is there any way I can remove the samba packages and leave the sssd packages in place?

yum remove samba*

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Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package samba.x86_64 0:4.8.3-4.el7 will be erased
---> Package samba-client.x86_64 0:4.8.3-4.el7 will be erased
---> Package samba-client-libs.x86_64 0:4.8.3-4.el7 will be erased
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Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size

Removing:
samba x86_64 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 1.9 M
samba-client x86_64 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 2.0 M
samba-client-libs x86_64 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 19 M
samba-common noarch 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 129 k
samba-common-libs x86_64 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 270 k
samba-common-tools x86_64 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 1.1 M
samba-libs x86_64 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 725 k
Removing for dependencies:
cifs-utils x86_64 6.2-10.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 175 k
libsmbclient x86_64 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 156 k
libwbclient x86_64 4.8.3-4.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms 71 k
sssd x86_64 1.16.2-13.el7_6.5 @rhel-7-server-rpms 34 k
sssd-ad x86_64 1.16.2-13.el7_6.5 @rhel-7-server-rpms 351 k
sssd-common-pac x86_64 1.16.2-13.el7_6.5 @rhel-7-server-rpms 238 k
sssd-ipa x86_64 1.16.2-13.el7_6.5 @rhel-7-server-rpms 667 k

Transaction Summary

Remove 7 Packages (+7 Dependent packages)

Thanks
Kath