RHEL 7 AD Authentication

RHEL 7 authentication to AD is quite straight forward

If you are using minimal server setup, install the following package:

# yum install realmd sssd samba-common-tools

The following command is assuming you have AD with domain fosstech.biz setup.

# authconfig --enablesssd --update
# realm join fosstech.biz

Key in the administrator password and your system should be joined to the domain server.

Edit /etc/sssd/sssd.conf if you need to fine tune the configuration. I personally like to have the home directory with the following format: /home/username@domain.com, so I would update the following config

fallback_homedir = /home/%f

Restart sssd and have fun trying

Note: The above are tested on RHEL 7.8

Cheers

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