How To Install policycoreutils-newrole on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-newrole in Fedora 36. policycoreutils-newrole is The newrole application for RBAC/MLS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-newrole on Fedora 36.

What is `policycoreutils-newrole`

RBAC/MLS policy machines require newrole as a way of changing the role or level of a logged in user.

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

Install policycoreutils-newrole 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 policycoreutils-newrole using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install policycoreutils-newrole

Install policycoreutils-newrole 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 policycoreutils-newrole using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install policycoreutils-newrole

How To Uninstall policycoreutils-newrole on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the policycoreutils-newrole package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove policycoreutils-newrole

policycoreutils-newrole Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pam.d/newrole
/usr/bin/newrole
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/b17e5cb8c8495bbf8b5aaa9be49dcebde5f292
/usr/share/man/man1/newrole.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/newrole.1.gz

References

policycoreutils-newrole website

Summary

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