SSSD logs warning "ldap_sudo_search_base is not set" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After updating packages on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 system, the SSSD service logs the following warning message on startup

     sssd_be[...]: `ldap_sudo_search_base` is not set. SSSD will search the entire directory tree (DC=example,DC=com) for sudo
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • System Security Services Daemon (SSSD)
  • Identity Management (IdM) / Active Directory (AD) / LDAP Integration

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