How To Install rusers-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rusers-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is rusers-server.x86_64
The rusers program allows users to find out who is logged into various machines on the local network. The rusers command produces output similar to who, but for the specified list of hosts or for all machines on the local network. The rusers-server package contains the server for responding to rusers requests. Install rusers-server if you want remote users to be able to see who is logged into your machine.
We can use yum to install rusers-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rusers-server.x86_64.
Install rusers-server.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 rusers-server.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rusers-server.x86_64
How To Uninstall rusers-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the rusers-server.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove rusers-server.x86_64
rusers-server.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rstatd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rusersd.service
/usr/sbin/rpc.rstatd
/usr/sbin/rpc.rusersd
/usr/share/doc/rusers-server-0.17
/usr/share/doc/rusers-server-0.17/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.rstatd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.rusersd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rstatd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rusersd.8.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rusers-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.