How To Install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 8.
What is mod_authnz_pam
mod_authnz_pam is a PAM authorization module, supplementing authentication done by other modules, for example mod_auth_kerb; it can also be used as full Basic Authentication provider which runs the [login, password] authentication through the PAM stack.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_authnz_pam.
Install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_authnz_pam using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_authnz_pam
Install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_authnz_pam using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_authnz_pam
How To Uninstall mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mod_authnz_pam package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_authnz_pam
mod_authnz_pam Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/httpd/conf.d/authnz_pam.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/55-authnz_pam.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/dee42c51f8430eb59a63d68b89333f2205a74b
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authnz_pam.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_authnz_pam
/usr/share/doc/mod_authnz_pam/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_authnz_pam/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.