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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 16.04
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System Security Services Daemon
System Security Services Daemon
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System Security Services Daemon
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.
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SSSD certificate_verification option
Value of the certificate_verification option in the SSSD config.
SSSD memcache_timeout option
Value of the memcache_timeout option in the [nss] section of SSSD config /etc/sssd/sssd.conf.
SSSD ssh_known_hosts_timeout option
Value of the ssh_known_hosts_timeout option in the [ssh] section of SSSD configuration file /etc/sssd/sssd.conf.
System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) - LDAP
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.
SSSD can support many backends including LDAP. The
sssd-ldap
backend allows SSSD to fetch identity information from an LDAP server.
SSSD LDAP Backend Client CA Certificate Location
Path of a directory that contains Certificate Authority certificates.