Starting sssd: Failed

[steve1961]

The title says it all. Every time I boot my Fedora 14 I get this warning message when I get to the desktop. Any advice?

[AndrewSerk]

If you don't need it on then

su -c 'chkconfig sssd off'

[steve1961]

That did it it. what the hell is it for?

[AndrewSerk]

$ yum info sssd
Installed Packages
Name : sssd
Arch : i686
Version : 1.4.1
Release : 3.fc14
Size : 4.7 M
Repo : installed
From repo : updates
Summary : System Security Services Daemon
URL : http://fedorahosted.org/sssd/
License : GPLv3+
Description : 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.

[steve1961]

OK thanks I think. Not sure I'm much the wiser but can't see that I need it

[sgallagh]

SSSD is used to manage access to a local machine when the identities are provided by a centralized LDAP server. SSSD would be enabled by default if you'd set up LDAP for users in authconfig/system-config-auth.

Otherwise, it shouldn't automatically be trying to run in a default install. If a clean install of Fedora is trying to start SSSD, please file a bug in Bugzilla.

[steve1961]

Ah right, thanks. Actually I think I probably set it to start by accident. I was looking through the services I needed and I'm guessing that I read it as sshd. Anyway, many thanks. I'm a long time Debian user but it's a few years since I've touched Fedora so just getting to grips with the differences