Project Summary
SSSD is a system daemon. Its primary function is to provide access to identity and authentication remote resource through a common framework that can provide caching and offline support to the system. It provides PAM and NSS modules, as well as D-BUS based interfaces. It provides also a better database to store local users as well as extended user data.
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 109 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in September, 2008
ending with its most recent commit 16 days ago
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Repository URL: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd
Version: 2cfcedaa28c9a5621c8fc7b4841a8afe241e487c
- 2026-10-14
- Last Analyzed
- 386,340
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.12
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 165
- Total defects
- 45
- Outstanding
- 120
- Fixed