<refsect1 id='local'>

<title>THE LOCAL DOMAIN</title>

<para>

In order to function correctly, a domain with

<quote>id_provider=local</quote> must be created and the SSSD must

be running.

</para>

<para>

The administrator might want to use the SSSD local users instead

of traditional UNIX users in cases where the group nesting (see

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>sss_groupadd</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>) is needed. The local users are also useful for

testing and development of the SSSD without having to deploy

a full remote server. The <command>sss_user*</command> and

<command>sss_group*</command> tools use a local LDB storage to

store users and groups.

</para>

</refsect1>