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

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

Introduction

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

What is `samba-winbind-modules`

The samba-winbind-modules package provides the NSS library and a PAM module necessary to communicate to the Winbind Daemon

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

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

sudo dnf -y install samba-winbind-modules

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

sudo yum -y install samba-winbind-modules

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

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

sudo dnf remove samba-winbind-modules

samba-winbind-modules Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/security/pam_winbind.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/b55fe821e55461f445efe48967d1d1c538fe14
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/499d1c4a311cbd273560b59200da63b2181e3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/58076c31182069ec56928b593f816439c8336d
/usr/lib/libnss_winbind.so
/usr/lib/libnss_winbind.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_wins.so
/usr/lib/libnss_wins.so.2
/usr/lib/security/pam_winbind.so
/usr/share/man/man5/pam_winbind.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_winbind.8.gz
/etc/security/pam_winbind.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/da0be13186200928a398db2534f4ea0ed20101
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/8aed9173672a6339cee395c8409e41c2884a42
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/69d17881e5081adeead637bee451ed04158cf0
/usr/lib64/libnss_winbind.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_winbind.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_wins.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_wins.so.2
/usr/lib64/security/pam_winbind.so
/usr/share/man/man5/pam_winbind.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_winbind.8.gz

References

samba-winbind-modules website

Summary

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