1SSSD-SESSION-RECOR(5) File Formats and Conventions SSSD-SESSION-RECOR(5)
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6 sssd-session-recording - Configuring session recording with SSSD
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9 This manual page describes how to configure sssd(8) to work with tlog-
10 rec-session(8), a part of tlog package, to implement user session
11 recording on text terminals. For a detailed configuration syntax
12 reference, refer to the “FILE FORMAT” section of the sssd.conf(5)
13 manual page.
14 SSSD can be set up to enable recording of everything specific users see
16 or type during their sessions on text terminals. E.g. when users log in
17 on the console, or via SSH. SSSD itself doesn't record anything, but
18 makes sure tlog-rec-session is started upon user login, so it can
19 record according to its configuration.
20 For users with session recording enabled, SSSD replaces the user shell
22 with tlog-rec-session in NSS responses, and adds a variable specifying
23 the original shell to the user environment, upon PAM session setup.
24 This way tlog-rec-session can be started in place of the user shell,
25 and know which actual shell to start, once it set up the recording.
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28 These options can be used to configure the session recording.
29 scope (string)
31 One of the following strings specifying the scope of session
32 recording:
33 "none"
35 No users are recorded.
36 "some"
38 Users/groups specified by users and groups options are
39 recorded.
40 "all"
42 All users are recorded.
43 Default: "none"
45 users (string)
47 A comma-separated list of users which should have session recording
48 enabled. Matches user names as returned by NSS. I.e. after the
49 possible space replacement, case changes, etc.
50 Default: Empty. Matches no users.
52 groups (string)
54 A comma-separated list of groups, members of which should have
55 session recording enabled. Matches group names as returned by NSS.
56 I.e. after the possible space replacement, case changes, etc.
57 NOTE: using this option (having it set to anything) has a
59 considerable performance cost, because each uncached request for a
60 user requires retrieving and matching the groups the user is member
61 of.
62 Default: Empty. Matches no groups.
64 exclude_users (string)
66 A comma-separated list of users to be excluded from recording, only
67 applicable with 'scope=all'.
68 Default: Empty. No users excluded.
70 exclude_groups (string)
72 A comma-separated list of groups, members of which should be
73 excluded from recording. Only applicable with 'scope=all'.
74 NOTE: using this option (having it set to anything) has a
76 considerable performance cost, because each uncached request for a
77 user requires retrieving and matching the groups the user is member
78 of.
79 Default: Empty. No groups excluded.
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83 The following snippet of sssd.conf enables session recording for users
84 "contractor1" and "contractor2", and group "students".
85 [session_recording]
87 scope = some
88 users = contractor1, contractor2
89 groups = students
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93 sssd(8), sssd.conf(5), sssd-ldap(5), sssd-ldap-attributes(5), sssd-
94 krb5(5), sssd-simple(5), sssd-ipa(5), sssd-ad(5), sssd-files(5), sssd-
95 sudo(5), sssd-session-recording(5), sss_cache(8), sss_debuglevel(8),
96 sss_obfuscate(8), sss_seed(8), sssd_krb5_locator_plugin(8),
97 sss_ssh_authorizedkeys(8), sss_ssh_knownhostsproxy(8), sssd-ifp(5),
98 pam_sss(8). sss_rpcidmapd(5) sssd-systemtap(5)
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101 The SSSD upstream - https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/
102SSSD 11/15/2023 SSSD-SESSION-RECOR(5)