5088N/A<refsect1 id='local'>
5088N/A <title>THE LOCAL DOMAIN</title>
5088N/A <para>
5088N/A In order to function correctly, a domain with
5088N/A <quote>id_provider=local</quote> must be created and the SSSD must
5088N/A be running.
5088N/A </para>
5088N/A <para>
5088N/A The administrator might want to use the SSSD local users instead
5088N/A of traditional UNIX users in cases where the group nesting (see
5088N/A <citerefentry>
5088N/A <refentrytitle>sss_groupadd</refentrytitle>
5088N/A <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
5088N/A </citerefentry>) is needed. The local users are also useful for
5088N/A testing and development of the SSSD without having to deploy
5088N/A a full remote server. The <command>sss_user*</command> and
5088N/A <command>sss_group*</command> tools use a local LDB storage to
5088N/A store users and groups.
5088N/A </para>
5088N/A</refsect1>
5088N/A