How To Install msktutil on CentOS 8

msktutil is Program for interoperability with Active Directory

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install msktutil on CentOS 8.

What is msktutil

Msktutil is a program for interoperability with Active Directory that can create a computer account in Active Directory, create a system Kerberos keytab, add and remove principals to and from that keytab, and change the computer account’s password.

We can use yum or dnf to install msktutil on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install msktutil.

Install msktutil 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 msktutil using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install msktutil

Install msktutil 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 msktutil using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install msktutil

How To Uninstall msktutil on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the msktutil package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove msktutil

msktutil Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/157111f22ac6ef6ff22bb5c6dbe9cab36bb836
/usr/sbin/msktutil
/usr/share/doc/msktutil
/usr/share/doc/msktutil/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/msktutil/README
/usr/share/licenses/msktutil
/usr/share/licenses/msktutil/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/msktutil.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install msktutil on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.