How To Install libvirt-login-shell on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-login-shell in Fedora 36. libvirt-login-shell is Login shell for connecting users to an LXC container

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-login-shell on Fedora 36.

What is libvirt-login-shell

Provides the set-uid virt-login-shell binary that is used to connect a user to an LXC container when they login, by switching namespaces.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-login-shell on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-login-shell.

Install libvirt-login-shell on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libvirt-login-shell using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-login-shell

Install libvirt-login-shell on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libvirt-login-shell using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-login-shell

How To Uninstall libvirt-login-shell on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libvirt-login-shell package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-login-shell

libvirt-login-shell Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/libvirt/virt-login-shell.conf
/usr/bin/virt-login-shell
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/8c3252e6f578329fb5c75556823bea1dd4a256
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/81cfcfc1060cc225f381d5c4c7edf56d22bafd
/usr/libexec/virt-login-shell-helper
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-login-shell.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-login-shell on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).