How To Install pam_ssh_agent_auth on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_ssh_agent_auth on Fedora 34.
What is pam_ssh_agent_auth
This package contains a PAM module which can be used to authenticate users using ssh keys stored in a ssh-agent. Through the use of the forwarding of ssh-agent connection it also allows to authenticate with remote ssh-agent instance. The module is most useful for su and sudo service stacks.
We can use yum or dnf to install pam_ssh_agent_auth on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_ssh_agent_auth.
Install pam_ssh_agent_auth on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install pam_ssh_agent_auth using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam_ssh_agent_auth
Install pam_ssh_agent_auth on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install pam_ssh_agent_auth using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_ssh_agent_auth
How To Uninstall pam_ssh_agent_auth on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the pam_ssh_agent_auth package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam_ssh_agent_auth
pam_ssh_agent_auth Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/b6c218158e96ab72e1f513720a174c47433191
/usr/lib64/security/pam_ssh_agent_auth.so
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth/OPENSSH_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ssh_agent_auth.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/6f639d6f15858be65b6682ae7b271506d455dc
/usr/lib64/security/pam_ssh_agent_auth.so
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth/OPENSSH_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ssh_agent_auth.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_ssh_agent_auth on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
