The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is

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originally developed for the

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(OS) that provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote

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s and

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mechanisms. The beginnings of SSSD lie in the

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project

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(Identity, Policy and Audit). The purpose of SSSD is to simplify system administration of authenticated and

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user access involving multiple distinct hosts. It is intended to provide

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capabilities to networks based on

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OSs that are similar in effect to the capabilities provided by

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Active Directory Domain Services to Microsoft Windows networks.

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External links

* * {{GitHub, SSSD/sssd Unix network-related software Linux software projects