How To Install pam_url on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_url on CentOS 8.
What is pam_url
The pam_url module enables you to authenticate users against a Web application, such as totpcgi.
We can use yum or dnf to install pam_url on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_url.
Install pam_url 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_url using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam_url
Install pam_url 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_url using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_url
How To Uninstall pam_url on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pam_url package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam_url
pam_url Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/pam_url.conf
/lib64/security/pam_url.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/94123fdc8f0f829c6fe36c70f23906ac261bf3
/usr/share/doc/pam_url
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/AUTHOR
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/auth.php
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/pam_url.conf
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/sudo.pam
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_url on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
