How To Install openssh-keycat on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-keycat on Rocky Linux 8. openssh-keycat is A mls keycat backend for openssh

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-keycat on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openssh-keycat

OpenSSH mls keycat is backend for using the authorized keys in the openssh in the mls mode.

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

Install openssh-keycat 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 openssh-keycat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openssh-keycat

Install openssh-keycat 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 openssh-keycat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openssh-keycat

How To Uninstall openssh-keycat on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openssh-keycat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openssh-keycat

openssh-keycat Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pam.d/ssh-keycat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/06155bdd7b06cb523c3faa09c96fe742fb19ee
/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-keycat
/usr/share/doc/openssh-keycat
/usr/share/doc/openssh-keycat/HOWTO.ssh-keycat

References

Summary

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