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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 (boolean)

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-)

Info

10/07/2026 sss rpc.idmapd plugin File Formats and Conventions