To answer my own question:

There are examples in sssd.conf that work, I had mistakenly assumed the 
attributes to which I wanted to map were already present in the LDAP 
user entry (labHomeDirectory, labShadowExpire), which they weren't - 
thus I was assuming I was using the examples incorrectly - making sure 
that I have values and the actual attributes sssd works correctly :)

Sorry for the chaff!

-Chris

On 11-05-31 11:28 AM, Chris Tooley wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am using SL6 on a new machine I've setup, and it's using SSSD, apparently.
>
> Originally, when I was just using a plane-jane ldap.conf file and ldap
> with pam, I could specify:
>
> nss_map_attribute       homeDirectory 	labHomeDirectory
> nss_map_attribute       shadowExpire 	labShadowExpire
>
> Suffice it to say, I need to implement these values, and I am completely
> unfamiliar with SSSD.  Can someone give me a pointer to some
> documentation on this daemon, particularly as it relates to LDAP, or,
> should I just disable SSSD and continue to use my old methods...?
>
> Is there something I'm missing in SSSD config somewhere which would
> allow me to map attributes like the above?
>
> Thanks,
> ~Chris