---
id: RHEL-07-010400
status: implemented
tag: auth
---

The ``memcache_timeout`` setting is set to ``86400`` (86400 seconds = 1 day)
within the ``[nss]`` section of ``/etc/sssd/sssd.conf``. Deployers can choose a
different timeout for cached nss authenticators by setting the following
Ansible variable:

.. code-block:: yaml

    security_nss_cached_authenticator_timeout: 86400