Chapter 3. Enabling the local files provider for SSSD

If you need to retrieve user information from local files, such as user data from /etc/shadow and group information from /etc/groups, use the following procedure to configure SSSD and the name services switch.

Prerequisites

  • You need root permissions to edit the /etc/sssd/sssd.conf configuration file and run authselect commands.

Procedure

  1. Configure SSSD. Choose one of the following options:

    1. Enable the files provider by setting the option enable_files_domain=true in the sssd section of the sssd.conf configuration file. 

      [sssd]
enable_files_domain = true

    2. Explicitly configure a new local domain in the sssd.conf configuration file and specify the option id_provider=files. 

      [domain/local]
id_provider=files
...

  2. Configure the name services switch. 

    # authselect enable-feature with-files-provider