How To Install signon on CentOS 8

signon is Accounts framework for Linux and POSIX based platforms

Introduction

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

What is `signon`

Single Sign-On is a framework for centrally storing authentication credentials and handling authentication on behalf of applications as requested by applications. It consists of a secure storage of login credentials (for example usernames and passwords), plugins for different authentication systems and a client library for applications to communicate with this system.

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

Install signon 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 signon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install signon

Install signon 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 signon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install signon

How To Uninstall signon on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove signon

signon Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/signond.conf
/usr/bin/signond
/usr/bin/signonpluginprocess
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/a1b0ab66c85ef2885283380886458cb3e3a07b
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/ce1639c6cbd75c92365fbe841a2d0aafbd6878
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/f5457120ef3bfe2ee329a51942c83f819cc8cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/b6d1d27a2716a0f0c8e01cc198589830ec588e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/1dfebb734431b6fd945277dd44f72a7129a80f
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/6767cb12ceb07b0defe60449565be4307a91b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/e0dce77a380903aad5071e710ed3f1b27c783f
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/b5ebf2a70073fb65bec0a8cb0ae47e468b8cf7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/290ff65ca649f4b7d053f4fe928e7a58944497
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/aa543c48d5d01442c91a0aa297380e06ace9d7
/usr/lib64/libsignon-extension.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsignon-extension.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-extension.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-qt5.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsignon-qt5.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-qt5.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/signon
/usr/lib64/signon/libexampleplugin.so
/usr/lib64/signon/libpasswordplugin.so
/usr/lib64/signon/libssotest2plugin.so
/usr/lib64/signon/libssotestplugin.so
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.google.code.AccountsSSO.SingleSignOn.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.nokia.SingleSignOn.Backup.service
/usr/share/licenses/signon
/usr/share/licenses/signon/COPYING

References

signon website

Summary

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