How To Install sssd on Fedora 34

sssd is System Security Services Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd on Fedora 34.

What is sssd

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 back end system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA. The sssd subpackage is a meta-package that contains the daemon as well as all the existing back ends.

We can use yum or dnf to install sssd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd.

Install sssd on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install sssd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd

Install sssd on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install sssd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd

How To Uninstall sssd on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the sssd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd

sssd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/licenses/sssd
/usr/share/licenses/sssd/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.