On Mon, 2025-07-21 at 17:17 -0700, Christopher Paul via sssd-users
wrote:
>
> Hello sssd-users,
>
> I'm experiencing severe performance degradation with SSSD when using
> ldap_schema=rfc2307bis. User lookups with "id" can take several
> seconds, and I believe that I have identified the root cause.
>
> ## Symptoms:
> - SSSD logs: "LDAP operation ... seems slow, took more than 80% of
> timeout"
> - OpenLDAP logs: "deferring operation: pending operations"
> - Simple "id username" commands taking 5-10+ seconds (when not
> cached)
>
>
> ## Root Cause:
> When looking up a single user, SSSD appears to be sending individual
> LDAP queries for EVERY member of EVERY group the user belongs to.
> This results in thousands of near-simultaneous asynchronous LDAP
> searches.
>
> OpenLDAP's conn_max_pending/conn_max_pending_auth parameters are
> correctly throttling these requests, causing the perceived slowness.
>
> ## Environment:
> - SSSD version: 2.9.6
> - OpenLDAP version: 2.5.20
>
> ## Questions:
> 1. Why does SSSD need to resolve all group members when looking up a
> single user? This should be unnecessary to id a single user.
> 2. Can SSSD be configured to return just the group names/GIDs for a
> user lookup without also fetching full details of every member in
> those groups?
> 3. Could SSSD batch these queries or use more efficient LDAP
> operations?
>
> I've attached my sssd.conf. The key setting is
> ldap_schema=rfc2307bis.
>
> This behavior effectively makes rfc2307bis unusable in environments
> with large groups. Any guidance would be appreciated.
This is a common topic covered throughout the sssd mail archives.
Configure your client to not enumerate groups by adding the following
to your sssd.conf.
enumerate = false
from man sssd.conf:
enabling enumeration is not
recommended, especially in large environments.
Consider it a win for confidentiality.
Mark
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