How To Install nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 is An nsswitch module which uses directory servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64`

The nss-pam-ldapd daemon, nslcd, uses a directory server to look up name service information (users, groups, etc.) on behalf of a lightweight nsswitch module.

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

Install nss-pam-ldapd.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 nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64

How To Uninstall nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64

nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/nslcd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nslcd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nss-pam-ldapd.conf
/usr/lib64/libnss_ldap.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_ldap.so.2
/usr/lib64/security/pam_ldap.so
/usr/sbin/nslcd
/usr/share/doc/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.9
/usr/share/doc/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.9/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.9/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.9/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.9/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.9/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.9/README
/usr/share/doc/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.9/TODO
/usr/share/man/man5/nslcd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nslcd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ldap.8.gz
/var/run/nslcd

References

nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-pam-ldapd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.