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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE reference PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.4//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<reference>
<title>SSSD Manual pages</title>
<refentry>
    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/upstream.xml" />

    <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>sssd-ad</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
        <refmiscinfo class="manual">File Formats and Conventions</refmiscinfo>
    </refmeta>

    <refnamediv id='name'>
        <refname>sssd-ad</refname>
        <refpurpose>the configuration file for SSSD</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>

    <refsect1 id='description'>
        <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
        <para>
            This manual page describes the configuration of the AD provider
            for
            <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>sssd</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry>.
            For a detailed syntax reference, refer to the <quote>FILE FORMAT</quote> section of the
            <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>sssd.conf</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry> manual page.
        </para>
        <para>
            The AD provider is a back end used to connect to an Active
            Directory server. This provider requires that the machine be
            joined to the AD domain and a keytab is available.
        </para>
        <para>
            The AD provider supports connecting to Active Directory 2008 R2
            or later. Earlier versions may work, but are unsupported.
        </para>
        <para>
            The AD provider accepts the same options used by the
            <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>sssd-ldap</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry> identity provider and the
            <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>sssd-krb5</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry> authentication provider with some exceptions described
            below.
        </para>
        <para>
            However, it is neither necessary nor recommended to set these
            options. The AD provider can also be used as an access and chpass
            provider. No configuration of the access provider is required on
            the client side.
        </para>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1 id='file-format'>
        <title>CONFIGURATION OPTIONS</title>
        <para>Refer to the section <quote>DOMAIN SECTIONS</quote> of the
            <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>sssd.conf</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry> manual page for details on the configuration of an SSSD domain.
            <variablelist>
                <varlistentry>
                    <term>ad_domain (string)</term>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>
                            Specifies the name of the Active Directory domain.
                            This is optional. If not provided, the
                            configuration domain name is used.
                        </para>
                        <para>
                            For proper operation, this option should be
                            specified as the lower-case version of the long
                            version of the Active Directory domain.
                        </para>
                    </listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                    <term>ad_server (string)</term>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>
                            The comma-separated list of IP addresses or
                            hostnames of the AD servers to which SSSD should
                            connect in order of preference. For more
                            information on failover and server redundancy, see
                            the <quote>FAILOVER</quote> section.
                            This is optional if autodiscovery is enabled.
                            For more information on service discovery, refer
                            to the the <quote>SERVICE DISCOVERY</quote> section.
                        </para>
                    </listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                    <term>ad_hostname (string)</term>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>
                            Optional. May be set on machines where the
                            hostname(5) does not reflect the fully qualified
                            name used in the Active Directory domain to
                            identify this host.
                        </para>
                        <para>
                            This field is used to determine the host principal
                            in use in the keytab. It must match the hostname
                            for which the keytab was issued.
                        </para>
                    </listitem>
                </varlistentry>

            </variablelist>
        </para>
    </refsect1>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/failover.xml" />

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/service_discovery.xml" />

    <refsect1 id='example'>
        <title>EXAMPLE</title>
        <para>
            The following example assumes that SSSD is correctly
            configured and example.com is one of the domains in the
            <replaceable>[sssd]</replaceable> section. This example shows only
            the AD provider-specific options.
        </para>
        <para>
<programlisting>
[domain/EXAMPLE]
id_provider = ad
auth_provider = ad
access_provider = ad
chpass_provider = ad

ad_server = dc1.example.com
ad_hostname = client.example.com
ad_domain = example.com
</programlisting>
        </para>
    </refsect1>

	<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/seealso.xml" />

</refentry>
</reference>