How To Install authd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install authd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. authd.x86_64 is A RFC 1413 ident protocol daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install authd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `authd.x86_64`

authd is a small and fast RFC 1413 ident protocol daemon with both xinetd server and interactive modes that supports IPv6 and IPv4 as well as the more popular features of pidentd.

We can use yum to install authd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install authd.x86_64.

Install authd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install authd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install authd.x86_64

How To Uninstall authd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the authd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove authd.x86_64

authd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/ident.key
/usr/lib/systemd/system/auth.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/in.authd
/usr/share/doc/authd-1.4.3
/usr/share/doc/authd-1.4.3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/authd-1.4.3/README.html
/usr/share/doc/authd-1.4.3/rfc1413.txt
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/authd.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/in.authd.1.gz

References

authd.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install authd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.