9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek<refsect1 id='local'>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek <title>THE LOCAL DOMAIN</title>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek <para>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek In order to function correctly, a domain with
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek <quote>id_provider=local</quote> must be created and the SSSD must
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek be running.
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek </para>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek <para>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek The administrator might want to use the SSSD local users instead
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek of traditional UNIX users in cases where the group nesting (see
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek <citerefentry>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek <refentrytitle>sss_groupadd</refentrytitle>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek </citerefentry>) is needed. The local users are also useful for
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek testing and development of the SSSD without having to deploy
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek a full remote server. The <command>sss_user*</command> and
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek <command>sss_group*</command> tools use a local LDB storage to
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek store users and groups.
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek </para>
9b3f37cb0c70c7b18c49b657e3799094a8711cadJakub Hrozek</refsect1>