How To Install sudo-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sudo-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04. sudo-ldap is Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Provide limited super user privileges to specific users

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sudo-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is sudo-ldap

sudo-ldap is:

Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done.

This version is built with LDAP support, which allows an equivalent of the sudoers database to be distributed via LDAP. Authentication is still performed via pam.

Package: sudo-ldap Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.8.31-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: sudo Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2280 Provides: sudo Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.65), libpam-modules, lsb-base Conflicts: sudo Replaces: sudo Filename: pool/universe/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.8.31-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 549496 MD5sum: af07f4b727b1019c0fe0b356dc21560b SHA1: b40ae4c0c88eca115e00eec45555156e1f1525e6 SHA256: ae4297d78f32e6a8f94ece1f76eb126827dba4a1c925707b351813ac70848cc6 Homepage: http://www.sudo.ws/ Description-en: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done.

This version is built with LDAP support, which allows an equivalent of the sudoers database to be distributed via LDAP. Authentication is still performed via pam.

There are three methods to install sudo-ldap 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 sudo-ldap Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sudo-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sudo-ldap

Install sudo-ldap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sudo-ldap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sudo-ldap

Install sudo-ldap 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 sudo-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sudo-ldap

How To Uninstall sudo-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the sudo-ldap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sudo-ldap

Uninstall sudo-ldap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sudo-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sudo-ldap

Remove sudo-ldap Configurations and Data

To remove sudo-ldap configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sudo-ldap

Remove sudo-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sudo-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sudo-ldap

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sudo-ldap package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.