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sss plugin configuration directives for rpc​.idmapd

Configuration File

rpc​.idmapd configuration file is usually found at /etc/idmapd​.conf​. See idmapd.conf(5) for more information​.

SSS Configuration Extension

Enable SSS plugin

In section “[Translation]”, modify/set “Method” attribute to contain sss​.

[sss] config section

In order to change the default of one of the configuration attributes of the sss plugin listed below you will need to create a config section for it, named “[sss]”​.

Configuration attributes

memcache (bool)

Indicates whether or not to use memcache optimisation technique​.

Default: True

SSSD Integration

The sss plugin requires the NSS Responder to be enabled in sssd​.

The attribute “use_fully_qualified_names” must be enabled on all domains (NFSv4 clients expect a fully qualified name to be sent on the wire)​.

Example

The following example shows a minimal idmapd​.conf which makes use of the sss plugin​.

[General]
Verbosity = 2
# domain must be synced between NFSv4 server and clients
# Solaris/Illumos/AIX use "localdomain" as default!
Domain = default

[Mapping]
Nobody-User = nfsnobody
Nobody-Group = nfsnobody

[Translation]
Method = sss

See Also

sssd(8), idmapd.conf(5)

Authors

Noam Meltzer
Primary Data Inc​.

Developer (2013-2014)

Noam Meltzer <​tsnoam@gmail​.com​>

Developer (2014-)

Referenced By

idmap_sss(8), pam_sss(8), pam_sss_gss(8), sss_cache(8), sssctl(8), sssd(8), sssd-ad(5), sssd.conf(5), sss_debuglevel(8), sssd-idp(5), sssd-ifp(5), sssd-ipa(5), sssd-krb5(5), sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin(8), sssd_krb5_locator_plugin(8), sssd-ldap(5), sssd-ldap-attributes(5), sssd-session-recording(5), sssd-simple(5), sssd-sudo(5), sssd-systemtap(5), sss_obfuscate(8), sss_override(8), sss_seed(8), sss_ssh_authorizedkeys(1), sss_ssh_knownhosts(1).

08/19/2026 sss rpc.idmapd plugin File Formats and Conventions