How To Install pam_ssh_agent_auth on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_ssh_agent_auth on CentOS 8.
What is pam_ssh_agent_auth
This package contains a PAM module which can be used to authenticate users using ssh keys stored in a ssh-agent. Through the use of the forwarding of ssh-agent connection it also allows to authenticate with remote ssh-agent instance. The module is most useful for su and sudo service stacks.
We can use yum or dnf to install pam_ssh_agent_auth on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_ssh_agent_auth.
Install pam_ssh_agent_auth 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_ssh_agent_auth using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam_ssh_agent_auth
Install pam_ssh_agent_auth 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_ssh_agent_auth using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_ssh_agent_auth
How To Uninstall pam_ssh_agent_auth on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pam_ssh_agent_auth package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam_ssh_agent_auth
pam_ssh_agent_auth Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/5900aee530e7f15a16ffd970dbf5e6471061a8
/usr/lib64/security/pam_ssh_agent_auth.so
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth/OPENSSH_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ssh_agent_auth.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/94a9456ee2d0cee926f400155d04ab9873ccd9
/usr/lib64/security/pam_ssh_agent_auth.so
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth/OPENSSH_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ssh_agent_auth.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_ssh_agent_auth on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.