How To Install gsi-openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gsi-openssh-server
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is gsi-openssh-server
OpenSSH is a free version of SSH (Secure SHell), a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. This package contains the secure shell daemon (sshd). The sshd daemon allows SSH clients to securely connect to your SSH server. This version of OpenSSH has been modified to support GSI authentication.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install gsi-openssh-server
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gsi-openssh-server.
Install gsi-openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gsi-openssh-server
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gsi-openssh-server
Install gsi-openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gsi-openssh-server
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gsi-openssh-server
How To Uninstall gsi-openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the gsi-openssh-server
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gsi-openssh-server
gsi-openssh-server Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/gsissh/sshd_config
/etc/pam.d/gsisshd
/etc/sysconfig/gsisshd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/a153783178790bde63e98f6c52b6ef63279d39
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/0af34c1015f99c5ebdcbca489ff955c8a819ef
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gsisshd-keygen.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gsisshd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gsisshd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/gsissh.conf
/usr/libexec/gsissh/sftp-server
/usr/libexec/gsissh/sshd-keygen
/usr/sbin/gsisshd
/usr/share/man/man5/gsimoduli.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/gsisshd_config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/gsisftp-server.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/gsisshd.8.gz
/var/empty/gsisshd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gsi-openssh-server
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.