How To Install sssd-nfs-idmap on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-nfs-idmap on Rocky Linux 8.
What is sssd-nfs-idmap
The libnfsidmap sssd module provides a way for rpc.idmapd to call SSSD to map UIDs/GIDs to names and vice versa. It can be also used for mapping principal (user) name to IDs(UID or GID) or to obtain groups which user are member of.
We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-nfs-idmap on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-nfs-idmap.
Install sssd-nfs-idmap 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 sssd-nfs-idmap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sssd-nfs-idmap
Install sssd-nfs-idmap 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 sssd-nfs-idmap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sssd-nfs-idmap
How To Uninstall sssd-nfs-idmap on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the sssd-nfs-idmap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sssd-nfs-idmap
sssd-nfs-idmap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/cf34296a9b86bbee00c91660f834b80388e949
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap/sss.so
/usr/share/man/ca/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/b69197f9c450cb6fe361132c2dcbdac4c1394f
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap/sss.so
/usr/share/man/ca/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-nfs-idmap on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
