How To Install nss-altfiles on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-altfiles on Rocky Linux 8. nss-altfiles is NSS module to look up users in /usr/lib/passwd too

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-altfiles on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nss-altfiles

When installed, this package allows looking up users in %{prefix}/lib/passwd, similarly, groups in %{prefix}/lib/group.

We can use yum or dnf to install nss-altfiles on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nss-altfiles.

Install nss-altfiles 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 nss-altfiles using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nss-altfiles

Install nss-altfiles 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 nss-altfiles using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss-altfiles

How To Uninstall nss-altfiles on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nss-altfiles package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nss-altfiles

nss-altfiles Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/eecc82a6c73d0e7a047e11560bb42fd46576f6
/usr/lib64/libnss_altfiles.so.2
/usr/share/doc/nss-altfiles
/usr/share/doc/nss-altfiles/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/36afab6e5ebef8768c07735860501dbc962fe6
/usr/lib/libnss_altfiles.so.2
/usr/share/doc/nss-altfiles
/usr/share/doc/nss-altfiles/README.md

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-altfiles on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.