How To Install sssd-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-client.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sssd-client.x86_64 is SSSD Client libraries for NSS and PAM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `sssd-client.x86_64`

Provides the libraries needed by the PAM and NSS stacks to connect to the SSSD service.

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

Install sssd-client.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 sssd-client.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-client.x86_64

How To Uninstall sssd-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the sssd-client.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove sssd-client.x86_64

sssd-client.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/cifs-utils
/etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin
/usr/lib64/cifs-utils
/usr/lib64/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins/authdata/sssd_pac_plugin.so
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins/libkrb5/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_sss.so.2
/usr/lib64/security/pam_sss.so
/usr/lib64/sssd
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules/sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client-1.16.5
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client-1.16.5/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client-1.16.5/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz

References

sssd-client.x86_64 website

Summary

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