How To Install sssd-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-tools on Rocky Linux 8. sssd-tools is Userspace tools for use with the SSSD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is sssd-tools

Provides userspace tools for manipulating users, groups, and nested groups in SSSD when using id_provider = local in /etc/sssd/sssd.conf. Also provides several other administrative tools * sss_debuglevel to change the debug level on the fly * sss_seed which pre-creates a user entry for use in kickstarts * sss_obfuscate for generating an obfuscated LDAP password * sssctl – an sssd status and control utility

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

Install sssd-tools 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-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd-tools

Install sssd-tools 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-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-tools

How To Uninstall sssd-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the sssd-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd-tools

sssd-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/19c7c5daa63b360fb294397b8b626296474489
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/ee995434f37c0ab8fe4023fff01b8ae4a7e423
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/6d28f5a9134ef46b15bfc5c980796e4721201e
/usr/sbin/sss_debuglevel
/usr/sbin/sss_obfuscate
/usr/sbin/sss_override
/usr/sbin/sss_seed
/usr/sbin/sssctl
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/6165ef80745d2c75a9db8deb107912bcfdcb59
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/47c6c359861b3774367be94f4b9fb1bbac30ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/09bada50f6c7e9d525f4bd641c47ab9a8b6a66
/usr/sbin/sss_debuglevel
/usr/sbin/sss_obfuscate
/usr/sbin/sss_override
/usr/sbin/sss_seed
/usr/sbin/sssctl
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssctl.8.gz

References

Summary

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