How To Install pam_radius on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_radius on CentOS 8.
What is pam_radius
pam_radius is a PAM module which allows user authentication using a radius server.
We can use yum or dnf to install pam_radius on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_radius.
Install pam_radius 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_radius using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam_radius
Install pam_radius 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_radius using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_radius
How To Uninstall pam_radius on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pam_radius package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam_radius
pam_radius Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/pam_radius.conf
/lib64/security/pam_radius_auth.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/2fc33845b00272398bcac3ce66c649b236b31a
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/USAGE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_radius on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.