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Enable the SSSD Service

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The SSSD service should be enabled. The sssd service can be enabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable sssd.service

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_sssd_enabled
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


[customizations.services]
enabled = ["sssd"]

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - CCE-80363-5
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q sssd-common && { [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; }; then

SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" unmask 'sssd.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'sssd.service'

Remediation - Puppet

include enable_sssd

class enable_sssd {
  service {'sssd':
    enable => true,
    ensure => 'running',