How To Install pam_ssh_user_auth on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_ssh_user_auth on Rocky Linux 8. pam_ssh_user_auth is PAM module to help with SSH_AUTH_INFO_0

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_ssh_user_auth on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pam_ssh_user_auth

pam_ssh_user_auth checks the value of SSH_AUTH_INFO_0 and will return success if is non-empty and failure if it is. It can be used to skip other PAM authentication methods with a configuration like auth [success=1 ignore=ignore default=die] pam_ssh_user_auth.so auth substack password-auth

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

Install pam_ssh_user_auth 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 pam_ssh_user_auth using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam_ssh_user_auth

Install pam_ssh_user_auth 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 pam_ssh_user_auth using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_ssh_user_auth

How To Uninstall pam_ssh_user_auth on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pam_ssh_user_auth package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pam_ssh_user_auth

pam_ssh_user_auth Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/lib64/security/pam_ssh_user_auth.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/f24816cfba4a5aa92ecf44f9a9ea0949bc3a0d
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh_user_auth
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh_user_auth/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_user_auth
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_user_auth/COPYING

References

Summary

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