How To Install pam_yubico on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_yubico on Rocky Linux 8. pam_yubico is A Pluggable Authentication Module for yubikeys

Introduction

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

What is `pam_yubico`

This is pam_yubico, a pluggable authentication module that can be used with Linux-PAM and yubikeys. This module supports yubikey OTP checking.

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

Install pam_yubico 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_yubico using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam_yubico

Install pam_yubico 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_yubico using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_yubico

How To Uninstall pam_yubico on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pam_yubico

pam_yubico Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/lib64/security/pam_yubico.so
/usr/bin/ykpamcfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/d51ccc0ed89e74c98da44b83e7705d7bcf3b68
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/8adfd7292c51b569219d06dcaf9ba47d2a8b2c
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/README
/usr/share/licenses/pam_yubico
/usr/share/licenses/pam_yubico/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ykpamcfg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_yubico.8.gz

References

pam_yubico website

Summary

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