System Security Services Daemon
An XCCDF Group
Description
The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is a system daemon that provides access
to different identity and authentication providers such as Red Hat's IdM, Microsoft's AD,
openLDAP, MIT Kerberos, etc. It uses a common framework that can provide caching and offline
support to systems utilizing SSSD. SSSD using caching to reduce load on authentication
servers permit offline authentication as well as store extended user data.
For more information, see
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/installing_identity_management/index#assembly_installing-an-idm-client_installing-identity-management
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_group_sssd
- Child Items
- Updated