SSS\_RPCIDMAPD(5) File Formats and Conventions SSS\_RPCIDMAPD(5)

.SH "NAME" sss\_rpcidmapd - sss plugin configuration directives for rpc.idmapd

.SH "CONFIGURATION FILE"

.PP rpc.idmapd configuration file is usually found at */etc/idmapd.conf*. See [**idmapd.conf**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/sssd/idmapd.conf.5) for more information.

.SH "SSS CONFIGURATION EXTENSION"

.SS "Enable SSS plugin"

.PP In section “\[Translation]”, modify/set “Method” attribute to contain *sss*.

.SS "\[sss] config section"

.PP 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**

.PP memcache (bool)

Indicates whether or not to use memcache optimisation technique.

Default: True

.RE

.SH "SSSD INTEGRATION"

.PP The sss plugin requires the *NSS Responder* to be enabled in sssd.

.PP 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).

.SH "EXAMPLE"

.PP 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
```

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP [**sssd**(8)](/man/enterprise-packages/sssd/sssd.8), [**idmapd.conf**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/sssd/idmapd.conf.5)

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

**Noam Meltzer**  
Primary Data Inc.

Developer (2013-2014)

**Noam Meltzer** <tsnoam@gmail.com>

Developer (2014-)

10/09/2026 sss rpc.idmapd plugin

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Document: sss_rpcidmapd(5) from sssd 2.13.1-r5 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd.git