How To Install pam_oath on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_oath on CentOS 8.
What is pam_oath
A PAM module for pluggable login authentication for OATH.
We can use yum or dnf to install pam_oath on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_oath.
Install pam_oath 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 pam_oath using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam_oath
Install pam_oath 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 pam_oath using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_oath
How To Uninstall pam_oath on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pam_oath package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam_oath
pam_oath Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/bba00440044b30f1bf6975068ad92bafb78429
/usr/lib64/security/pam_oath.so
/usr/share/doc/pam_oath
/usr/share/doc/pam_oath/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pam_oath/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_oath on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.