> From nsswitch.conf(5):
>   merge [SUCCESS=merge] is used between two database entries.  When a
>       group is located in the first of the two group entries,
>       processing will continue on to the next one.  If  the  group  is
>       also  found  in the next entry (and the group name and GID are
>       an exact match), the member list of the second entry will be
>       added to the group object to be returned.  Available since glibc
>       2.24.  Note that merging will not be done for getgrent(3) nor
>       will duplicate members be pruned when  they  occur  in both
>       entries being merged.
> 
> RHEL 7's glibc has it since 2.17-168.

So a possible solution would be to create a group in IPA with name staff with 
GID 500? Is that what you are saying? I thought that this was a big no-no in 
IPA especially when the GID < 1000

> I think all this can work with
> group merging instead of overrides.
> 
> It might be
> something that SSSD doesn't implement here. I think
> overrides are applied at the last stage when all POSIX groups are
> already collected. Though, I'd let Sumit to comment -- it is SSSD
> specifics, not FreeIPA here.

This is what I originally thought. But maybe Sumit might be able to shed light 
on this.

- Kimmo
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