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/usr/bin/sssctl

A daemon to manage identity, authentication and authorization for centrally-managed systems.

From sssd 2.13.2-r0 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running sssctl --help (exit 1). permalink

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Usage:
/usr/bin/sssctl COMMAND COMMAND-ARGS

Available commands:

SSSD Status:
* domain-list        	 List available domains
* domain-status      	 Print information about domain
* user-checks        	 Print information about a user and check authentication
* access-report      	 Generate access report for a domain

Information about cached content:
* user-show          	 Information about cached user
* group-show         	 Information about cached group
* netgroup-show      	 Information about cached netgroup

Local data tools:
* client-data-backup 	 Backup local data
* client-data-restore	 Restore local data from backup
* cache-remove       	 Backup local data and remove cached content
* cache-expire       	 Invalidate cached objects
* cache-index        	 Manage cache indexes

Log files tools:
* logs-remove        	 Remove existing SSSD log files
* logs-fetch         	 Archive SSSD log files in tarball
* debug-level        	 Change or print information about SSSD debug level
* analyze            	 Analyze logged data

Configuration files tools:
* config-check       	 Perform static analysis of SSSD configuration

Certificate related tools:
* cert-show          	 Print information about the certificate
* cert-map           	 Show users mapped to the certificate
* cert-eval-rule     	 Check mapping and matching rule with a certificate

GPOs related tools:
* gpo-show           	 Information about cached GPO
* gpo-list           	 Enumerate cached GPOs
* gpo-remove         	 Remove cached GPO
* gpo-purge          	 Remove all cached GPOs

Help options:
  -?, --help         	 Show this for a command
  --usage            	 Show brief usage message for a command

Debug options:
  --debug            	 Enable debug log level of sssctl tool
Options (3)
OptionDescriptionSource
-?, --helpShow this for a commandhelp
--usageShow brief usage message for a commandhelp
--debugEnable debug log level of sssctl toolhelp

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