How To Install sssd-nfs-idmap on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-nfs-idmap on CentOS 8.
What is sssd-nfs-idmap
The libnfsidmap sssd module provides a way for rpc.idmapd to call SSSD to map UIDs/GIDs to names and vice versa. It can be also used for mapping principal (user) name to IDs(UID or GID) or to obtain groups which user are member of.
We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-nfs-idmap on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-nfs-idmap.
Install sssd-nfs-idmap 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-nfs-idmap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sssd-nfs-idmap
Install sssd-nfs-idmap 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-nfs-idmap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sssd-nfs-idmap
How To Uninstall sssd-nfs-idmap on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the sssd-nfs-idmap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sssd-nfs-idmap
sssd-nfs-idmap Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/cf34296a9b86bbee00c91660f834b80388e949
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap/sss.so
/usr/share/man/ca/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/b69197f9c450cb6fe361132c2dcbdac4c1394f
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap/sss.so
/usr/share/man/ca/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-nfs-idmap on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.