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I installed the stable version of Ubuntu 20.10 as soon as it released, but there is this error I'm getting after installing it. Should it bother?

sssd.service failed

Lorenz Keel
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Arka Mandal
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What SSSD is (source: apt show sssd-common):

Description: System Security Services Daemon -- common files Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA.

SSSD is not part of a stock Ubuntu Desktop install.

If you don't use a remote authentication server, then you likely don't need the SSSD packages at all.

If you do use a remote authentication server, then this failure may be important. Contact your network admin.

user535733
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  • So is it safe to remove all the sssd packages? – user63726 Oct 24 '20 at 01:49
  • Depends upon why you originally installed those packages. If you don't know why they were installed, and you don't use a remote authentication server, then go ahead and try uninstalling them. This random person on the internet says that it should be safe enough. – user535733 Oct 24 '20 at 02:17
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    The packages were installed with 20.10 upgrade. I did not ask for it. So i'll remove all of them. I have had the same issue on the 2 upgrades that I have done. – user63726 Oct 25 '20 at 03:45