1SSSD_KRB5_LOCALAUTH_(8) SSSD Manual pages SSSD_KRB5_LOCALAUTH_(8)
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6 sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin - Kerberos local authorization plugin
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9 The Kerberos local authorization plugin sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin is
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14 SSSD handles the local names for users from a remote source and can
15 read the Kerberos user principal name from the remote source as well.
16 With this information SSSD can easily handle the mappings mentioned
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20 Additionally with the information read from the remote source SSSD can
21 help to prevent unexpected or unwanted mappings in case the user part
22 of the Kerberos principal accidentally corresponds to a local name of a
23 different user. By default libkrb5 might just strip the realm part of
24 the Kerberos principal to get the local name which would lead to wrong
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28 The Kerberos local authorization plugin must be enabled explicitly in
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42 sssd(8), sssd.conf(5), sssd-ldap(5), sssd-krb5(5), sssd-simple(5),
43 sssd-ipa(5), sssd-ad(5), sssd-files(5), sssd-sudo(5), sssd-session-
44 recording(5), sss_cache(8), sss_debuglevel(8), sss_obfuscate(8),
45 sss_seed(8), sssd_krb5_locator_plugin(8), sss_ssh_authorizedkeys(8),
46 sss_ssh_knownhostsproxy(8), sssd-ifp(5), pam_sss(8). sss_rpcidmapd(5)
47 sssd-systemtap(5)
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50 The SSSD upstream - https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/
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