Goal

• As a RHEL 10 administrator, in order to control who can run software delivered via RPMs, I need RPM support for NSS which enables lookup of users and groups in my centralised Identity Management provider.
• Previously, RPM supported NSS for lookup of centrally managed users or groups.

• RPM >= 4.19 in RHEL 10 only supports local system lookups in /etc/passwd and /etc/group.

• This change in RHEL 10 is a blocker for organisations which rely on centralised management of users and groups to control who can run certain software.

• This RFE is a request to reintroduce NSS-based user/group lookups for RPM.

• An RFE is open upstream - RFE: support NSS for user/group info again #3994

Acceptance criteria

A list of verification conditions, successful functional tests, or expected outcomes in order to declare this story/task successfully completed.

• Enhance RPM in RHEL 10 to provide NSS lookup.