How To Install nss_hesiod on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_hesiod on CentOS 8.
What is nss_hesiod
The nss_hesiod Name Service Switch module uses the Domain Name System (DNS) as a source for user, group, and service information, following the Hesiod convention of Project Athena. nss_hesiod 2.28 151.el8 x86_64 69 k glibc-2.28-151.el8.src.rpm powertools Name Service Switch (NSS) module using Hesiod http LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and BSD and Inner-Net and ISC and Public Domain and GFDL The nss_hesiod Name Service Switch module uses the Domain Name System (DNS) as a source for user, group, and service information, following the Hesiod convention of Project Athena.
We can use yum or dnf to install nss_hesiod on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nss_hesiod.
Install nss_hesiod 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 nss_hesiod using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nss_hesiod
Install nss_hesiod 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 nss_hesiod using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nss_hesiod
How To Uninstall nss_hesiod on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the nss_hesiod package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nss_hesiod
nss_hesiod Package Contents on CentOS 8
/lib/libnss_hesiod-2.28.so
/lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/f68443f5f2906a03572abc8b544e62dd494587
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod/README.hesiod
/lib64/libnss_hesiod-2.28.so
/lib64/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/2c11564dec915d082b92783ca9db7078bc37bb
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod/README.hesiod
References
- [nss_hesiod website](http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/ http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_hesiod on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.