#VERIFICATION FOR XENIAL+Upstart (LP#1695870) - Version of the package: 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 ubuntu@xenial-upstart:~$ dpkg -l | grep sssd ii sssd 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- metapackage ii sssd-ad 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- Active Directory back end ii sssd-ad-common 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- PAC responder ii sssd-common 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- common files ii sssd-ipa 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- IPA back end ii sssd-krb5 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- Kerberos back end ii sssd-krb5-common 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- Kerberos helpers ii sssd-ldap 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- LDAP back end ii sssd-proxy 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6 amd64 System Security Services Daemon -- proxy back end - After installing sssd from -proposed in a machine without autofs, sssd starts automatically after a reboot: # confirmation of autofs not installed: ubuntu@xenial-upstart:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i autofs ubuntu@xenial-upstart:~$ ls /etc/init/aut* ls: cannot access /etc/init/aut*: No such file or directory ubuntu@xenial-upstart:~$ ls /etc/init.d/aut* ls: cannot access /etc/init.d/aut*: No such file or directory ubuntu@xenial-upstart:~$ Broadcast message from ubuntu@xenial-upstart (/dev/pts/0) at 11:03 ... The system is going down for reboot NOW! ... Last login: Wed Jul 12 11:02:45 2017 from 10.5.1.55 ubuntu@xenial-upstart:~$ status sssd sssd start/running, process 1109 ubuntu@xenial-upstart:~$ ps -ef | grep sss root 1109 1 0 11:03 ? 00:00:00 sssd -D -f root 1126 1109 0 11:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sssd/sssd_be --domain openstacklocal --uid 0 --gid 0 --debug-to-files root 1164 1109 0 11:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sssd/sssd_nss --uid 0 --gid 0 --debug-to-files root 1165 1109 0 11:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sssd/sssd_pam --uid 0 --gid 0 --debug-to-files root 1166 1109 0 11:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sssd/sssd_autofs --uid 0 --gid 0 --debug-to-files ubuntu 1546 1530 0 11:05 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto sss - And from /var/log/syslog: ... Jul 12 11:03:39 xenial-upstart kernel: [ 9.028635] audit: type=1400 audit(1499857419.712:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" profile="unconfined" name="/sbin/dhclient" pid=950 comm="apparmor_parser" Jul 12 11:03:39 xenial-upstart dbus[953]: [system] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is enabled Jul 12 11:03:39 xenial-upstart pollinate[892]: system was previously seeded at [2017-03-06 18:34:25.400000000 +0000] Jul 12 11:03:39 xenial-upstart pollinate[892]: To re-seed this system again, use the -r|--reseed option Jul 12 11:03:39 xenial-upstart kernel: [ 9.136051] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996