How To Install sssd-krb5 on CentOS 8

sssd-krb5 is The Kerberos authentication back end for the SSSD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-krb5 on CentOS 8.

What is sssd-krb5

Provides the Kerberos back end that the SSSD can utilize authenticate against a Kerberos server.

We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-krb5 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-krb5.

Install sssd-krb5 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-krb5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd-krb5

Install sssd-krb5 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-krb5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-krb5

How To Uninstall sssd-krb5 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sssd-krb5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd-krb5

sssd-krb5 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/538984818efcb8831c95e79bf4b8778fdd4943
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_krb5.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5/COPYING
/usr/share/man/de/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/92ad7d0f54f7f7dfda0f9c1fd7f37496340ee5
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_krb5.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5/COPYING
/usr/share/man/de/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-krb5.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-krb5 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.