How To Install pam_snapper.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_snapper.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pam_snapper.x86_64 is PAM module for calling snapper

Introduction

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

What is `pam_snapper.x86_64`

A PAM module for calling snapper during user login and logout.

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

Install pam_snapper.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 pam_snapper.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_snapper.x86_64

How To Uninstall pam_snapper.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove pam_snapper.x86_64

pam_snapper.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/pam_snapper
/usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_homeconvert.sh
/usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_pamconfig.sh
/usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_useradd.sh
/usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_userdel.sh
/usr/lib64/security/pam_snapper.so
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_snapper.8.gz

References

pam_snapper.x86_64 website

Summary

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