Re: [Hampshire] One for the Debian gurus...

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Author: john lewis
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] One for the Debian gurus...
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 20:15:38 +0100 (BST)
"Vic" <lug@???> wrote:

>
> >> I need to get sssd running on some Debian 5 boxes. There are a
> >> number of issues...
> >
> > I have ssh running on my geneweb server
>
> Yes, I've got sshd running as well. But it's sssd I need to get
> sorted...


Oops! The similar names got me confused.

> Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and
> authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface
> toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to
> multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide
> client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA


I have no idea what it does beyond the description above, but doubt
very much if I need it. So it wouldn't do any good installing it to
see what happens.

Sorry I can't help.

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John Lewis
Debian & the GeneWeb genealogical data server

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