How To Install pam_script on CentOS 8

pam_script is PAM module for executing scripts

Introduction

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

What is pam_script

pam_script allows you to execute scripts during authorization, password changes and session openings or closings.

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

Install pam_script 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_script using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam_script

Install pam_script 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_script using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_script

How To Uninstall pam_script on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove pam_script

pam_script Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/pam-script.d
/etc/pam_script
/etc/pam_script_acct
/etc/pam_script_auth
/etc/pam_script_passwd
/etc/pam_script_ses_close
/etc/pam_script_ses_open
/lib64/security/pam_script.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/d256c5474e04341ed81f99f5a8e43f4f010b75
/usr/share/doc/pam_script
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/README.pam_script
/usr/share/man/man7/pam-script.7.gz

References

Summary

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