How To Install sssd-kcm on CentOS 8

sssd-kcm is An implementation of a Kerberos KCM server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-kcm on CentOS 8.

What is sssd-kcm

An implementation of a Kerberos KCM server. Use this package if you want to use the KCM

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

Install sssd-kcm 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-kcm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd-kcm

Install sssd-kcm 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-kcm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-kcm

How To Uninstall sssd-kcm on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sssd-kcm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd-kcm

sssd-kcm Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/krb5.conf.d/kcm_default_ccache
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/29809c9517fa4ef5a8abe0f0b295c31d7ca8b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/8b1c095ff53d1faecf1975d52998298dbaa6bd
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sssd-kcm.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sssd-kcm.socket
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_secrets.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/sssd_kcm
/usr/share/man/man8/sssd-kcm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssd-kcm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssd-kcm.8.gz
/usr/share/sssd-kcm
/usr/share/sssd-kcm/kcm_default_ccache
/etc/krb5.conf.d/kcm_default_ccache
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/594f6dca8ee7539bbad5faee3711a93c282ebd
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/9983cfba972e431d0a05ae7242e0ea7960b5ab
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sssd-kcm.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sssd-kcm.socket
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_secrets.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/sssd_kcm
/usr/share/man/man8/sssd-kcm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssd-kcm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssd-kcm.8.gz
/usr/share/sssd-kcm
/usr/share/sssd-kcm/kcm_default_ccache

References

Summary

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