> Permission issue.
>
> Reinstall sssd-common
>
> I tried this on two different machines an it didn't work on either. Am getting identical output.>
>
> I found this old thread
>
> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/sssd-users@lists.fedorahosted.org/message/IMP4NFXOW6RPKB2GIU4WXKLY54CTJG6A/
>
> I tried running
>
> sssd -i -d9
>
> and it works fine, the /var/lib/sss/pipes have returned (I deleted them, reinstalled sssd-common, they weren't replaced), and I can login successfully.
>
> So it's just running
>
> systemctl start sssd
> or
> systemctl restart sssd
>
> fails with the same errors as reported initially. So running manually in interactive mode works, but starting via systemctl doesn’t

One difference I can think of between running the deamon on the foreground versus running as a service is SELinux context. Did you check if maybe there are some AVC denials if you run sssd as a service?