How To Install sssd-ad on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ad on CentOS 8.
What is sssd-ad
Provides the Active Directory back end that the SSSD can utilize to fetch identity data from and authenticate against an Active Directory server.
We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-ad on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-ad.
Install sssd-ad 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 sssd-ad using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sssd-ad
Install sssd-ad 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 sssd-ad using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sssd-ad
How To Uninstall sssd-ad on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the sssd-ad package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sssd-ad
sssd-ad Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/ae79bab22489d206a822916003000468d17abf
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/c2cbafcce94b5da168d9ba789da88caeaf810c
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ad.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/gpo_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ad
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ad/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/8a33abbaef342b1692df08f5e3b89103e27a05
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/1492b2d74890fc6d89a3f14319b442f3acf317
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ad.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/gpo_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ad
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ad/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ad on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.