[SSSD] sssd and rpc

Dmitri Pal dpal at redhat.com
Wed Jan 22 01:36:34 UTC 2014


On 01/21/2014 07:08 PM, Yassir Elley wrote:
> It seems that the only network protocols used by SSSD are LDAP, KRB5, and DNS. On the other hand, Samba makes RPC calls all over the place (for authentication, etc).
>
> * Does sssd make any RPC calls (e.g. when interacting with a Domain Controller)?
The global catalog part uses RPC for example.

> * Does Microsoft require clients to use RPC calls to access certain DC functionality?

Yes.

> * If not, why does Samba use RPC calls rather than LDAP/KRB5?
AFAIK SSSD does use it, not to the same extent as winbind but it does.
Some of the functionality like global catalog is available only via RPC.

>
> Regards,
> Yassir.
>
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

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