How To Install mod_intercept_form_submit on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_intercept_form_submit on CentOS 8.
What is mod_intercept_form_submit
mod_intercept_form_submit can intercept submission of application login forms. It retrieves the login and password information from the POST HTTP request, runs PAM authentication with those credentials, and sets the REMOTE_USER environment variable if the authentication passes.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_intercept_form_submit on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_intercept_form_submit.
Install mod_intercept_form_submit 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_intercept_form_submit using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_intercept_form_submit
Install mod_intercept_form_submit 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_intercept_form_submit using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_intercept_form_submit
How To Uninstall mod_intercept_form_submit on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mod_intercept_form_submit package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_intercept_form_submit
mod_intercept_form_submit Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/httpd/conf.d/intercept_form_submit.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/55-intercept_form_submit.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/fa5e386c36ec2d46d98608b33ec9f258f88222
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_intercept_form_submit.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/README
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/form_based_authentication_with_mod_intercept_form_submit.txt
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/typical_form_based_authentication.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_intercept_form_submit on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
