Hello – Thank-you for your e-mail. I corrected the syntax in the file, and I have confirmed the permissions are correct: -rw-------. 1 root root 266 Jun 23 08:45 sssd.conf Unfortunately, the error condition and messages listed in my initial e-mail are still present. From: l@xxxxxx [mailto:l@xxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 8:34 AM To: CentOS mailing list; Kaplan, Andrew H. Subject: Re: sssd.conf file missing Hello Andrew. The sssd.conf should be owned by root:root, mode 0600. Also please note this line in your config: [<domain>.org] enumate = true it's enumerate, not enumate. 23.06.2016, 15:24, "Kaplan, Andrew H." <ahkaplan@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ahkaplan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>: Hello -- We are running CentOS 7.2 on a virtual machine, and we are trying to set up LDAP authentication. The ldap packages that are currently installed on the system are the following: python-sss 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 python-sssdconfig 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-ad 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-client 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-common 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-common-pac 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-dbus 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-ipa 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-krb5 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-krb5-common 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-ldap 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-libwbclient 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-libwbclient-devel 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-proxy 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 sssd-tools 1.13.0-40.el7_2.4 I ran the following commands to set up LDAP/AD authentication: # ln -s /bin/bash /bin/PHSshell # ln -s /home /PHShome # authconfig --enablesssdauth --enablemkhomedir --enablesssd -update # chkconfig sssd on # service sssd restart Initially, I ran into problems because I had not created an sssd.conf file. Eventually I did create one, and its contents are the following: [<domain>.org] enumate = true cache_credentials = TRUE id_provider = ldap auth_provider = ldap chpass_provider = ldap ldap_uri = ldap://ldap.<domain>.org ldap_search_base = dc=<domain>,dc=org tls_reqcert = demand ldap_tls_cacert /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt If there are any additions or corrections that I need to make, please let me know. I reran the service sssd restart command, and the error message that I am seeing via journalctl -xe is the following: Unit sssd.service has begun starting up. Jun 22 16:05:34 roadtest2.partners.org sssd[6384]: SSSD couldn't load the configuration database [5]: Input/output error. Jun 22 16:05:34 roadtest2.partners.org systemd[1]: sssd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=4 Jun 22 16:05:34 roadtest2.partners.org systemd[1]: Failed to start System Security Services Daemon. -- Subject: Unit sssd.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman.../systemd-devel<http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel> -- -- Unit sssd.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Jun 22 16:05:34 roadtest2.partners.org systemd[1]: Unit sssd.service entered failed state. Jun 22 16:05:34 roadtest2.partners.org systemd[1]: sssd.service failed. Jun 22 16:05:34 roadtest2.partners.org polkitd[787]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:6369:52587318 (system bus name :1.2287, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus) Any ideas? The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos