[Freeipa-users] Re: at which point IPA changes nsswitch.conf

[Florence Blanc-Renaud]

On 04/20/2018 11:06 AM, lejeczek via FreeIPA-users wrote:
>  hi
>  
>  I'd like to ask when, if at all, IPA's installer change nsswitch.conf?
>  I install a client, afterwards no sss in nsswitch, I install a replica 
>  on that client, still no sss. Is this normal, expected?
>  
>  many thanks, L.
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Hi,

on fedora or rhel, IPA client installation is using the tool authconfig 
to enable sssd, unless the client installer is called with --no-ac or 
--no-sssd. Authconfig should in turn update /etc/nsswitch.conf.

Flo