How To Install samba-winbind-clients on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-winbind-clients on Rocky Linux 8. samba-winbind-clients is Samba winbind clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-winbind-clients on Rocky Linux 8.

What is samba-winbind-clients

The samba-winbind-clients package provides the wbinfo and ntlm_auth tool.

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

Install samba-winbind-clients 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 samba-winbind-clients using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install samba-winbind-clients

Install samba-winbind-clients 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 samba-winbind-clients using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba-winbind-clients

How To Uninstall samba-winbind-clients on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the samba-winbind-clients package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove samba-winbind-clients

samba-winbind-clients Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ntlm_auth
/usr/bin/wbinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/12afc3e51a999b724e807be7e0415ec78e3c79
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/8321fb1be52fd14e292e13e374724c03b6dd33
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/f88888080fadfe70f072b360c2c3d0ed21aec6
/usr/lib64/samba/krb5/winbind_krb5_localauth.so
/usr/share/man/man1/ntlm_auth.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wbinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/winbind_krb5_localauth.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-winbind-clients on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.