How To Install sssd-ldap on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ldap on CentOS 8.
What is sssd-ldap
Provides the LDAP back end that the SSSD can utilize to fetch identity data from and authenticate against an LDAP server.
We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-ldap on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-ldap.
Install sssd-ldap 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-ldap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sssd-ldap
Install sssd-ldap 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-ldap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sssd-ldap
How To Uninstall sssd-ldap on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the sssd-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sssd-ldap
sssd-ldap Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/89606fb67f1d48d942bdc448ce429a852c324e
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ldap.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ldap
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ldap/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/c2cba76c66982a6fa16b3606fc7baad77ebbe9
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ldap.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ldap
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ldap/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ldap on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.