How To Install sssd-ad on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ad on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sssd-ad
sssd-ad is:
Provides the Active Directory back end that the SSSD can utilize to fetch identity data from and authenticate against an Active Directory server.
Package: sssd-ad Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.2.3-3ubuntu0.1 Priority: extra Section: utils Source: sssd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian SSSD Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 367 Depends: libsss-idmap0 (= 2.2.3-3ubuntu0.1), sssd-ad-common (= 2.2.3-3ubuntu0.1), sssd-common (= 2.2.3-3ubuntu0.1), sssd-krb5-common (= 2.2.3-3ubuntu0.1), libc6 (>= 2.28), libdhash1 (>= 0.4.0), libini-config5 (>= 0.4.0), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libldb2 (>= 0.9.21), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213), libtevent0 (>= 0.9.9), samba-libs (>= 2:4.11.6+dfsg) Suggests: adcli Breaks: sssd (« 1.10.0~beta2-1) Replaces: sssd (« 1.10.0~beta2-1) Filename: pool/main/s/sssd/sssd-ad_2.2.3-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb Size: 116728 MD5sum: 30344d04c15a4173ebf6cad26623e1a6 SHA1: d206f4ce0abfcd7cbb534ea98fdb57a86e22039b SHA256: 39ec7257c69c4f962c4e6e2dce750bebb5128e854856f5e2f5a205acdffb7016 SHA512: 8539879974da6e5ecbc8d0e0b9ca96eb2c4890092ec2e648e71a58afdb248d3d76b50f5e662e99c6df81f79974ea5cc1c0bb4565477d60a873083b9c9335696b Homepage: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd Description-en: System Security Services Daemon – Active Directory back end Provides the Active Directory back end that the SSSD can utilize to fetch identity data from and authenticate against an Active Directory server.
Package: sssd-ad Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.2.3-3 Priority: extra Section: utils Source: sssd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian SSSD Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 366 Depends: libsss-idmap0 (= 2.2.3-3), sssd-ad-common (= 2.2.3-3), sssd-common (= 2.2.3-3), sssd-krb5-common (= 2.2.3-3), libc6 (>= 2.28), libdhash1 (>= 0.4.0), libini-config5 (>= 0.4.0), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libldb2 (>= 0.9.21), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213), libtevent0 (>= 0.9.9), samba-libs (>= 2:4.11.6+dfsg) Suggests: adcli Breaks: sssd (« 1.10.0~beta2-1) Replaces: sssd (« 1.10.0~beta2-1) Filename: pool/main/s/sssd/sssd-ad_2.2.3-3_amd64.deb Size: 115524 MD5sum: 7d00f53cfb083a4d243b167772c1950d SHA1: 6e1592f9ad6079f3cf65085a009e3830813e14d4 SHA256: 4d2efcef36490fd88db2ceccc90d316d77c940b1073735ed1c357847b54564cb Homepage: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd Description-en: System Security Services Daemon – Active Directory back end Provides the Active Directory back end that the SSSD can utilize to fetch identity data from and authenticate against an Active Directory server.
There are three methods to install sssd-ad on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sssd-ad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sssd-ad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sssd-ad
Install sssd-ad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sssd-ad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sssd-ad
Install sssd-ad Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sssd-ad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sssd-ad
How To Uninstall sssd-ad on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sssd-ad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sssd-ad
Uninstall sssd-ad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sssd-ad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sssd-ad
Remove sssd-ad Configurations and Data
To remove sssd-ad configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sssd-ad
Remove sssd-ad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sssd-ad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sssd-ad
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ad package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
