How To Install sssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd.x86_64
on Amazon Linux 2.
What is sssd.x86_64
Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA. The sssd subpackage is a meta-package that contains the deamon as well as all the existing back ends.
We can use yum
to install sssd.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.x86_64.
Install sssd.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.x86_64
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sssd.x86_64
How To Uninstall sssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the sssd.x86_64
package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove sssd.x86_64
sssd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-1.16.5
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-1.16.5/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd.x86_64
on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.