How To Install sssd-tools on CentOS 8
sssd-tools is Userspace tools for use with the SSSD
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-tools on CentOS 8.
What is sssd-tools
Provides userspace tools for manipulating users, groups, and nested groups in SSSD when using id_provider = local in /etc/sssd/sssd.conf. Also provides several other administrative tools * sss_debuglevel to change the debug level on the fly * sss_seed which pre-creates a user entry for use in kickstarts * sss_obfuscate for generating an obfuscated LDAP password * sssctl – an sssd status and control utility
We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-tools.
Install sssd-tools 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-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sssd-tools
Install sssd-tools 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-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sssd-tools
How To Uninstall sssd-tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the sssd-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sssd-tools
sssd-tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/03adc8084b9024cc52a8955b7e292e8053ad71
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/504355ce61e48ddf83e40ecfc37ef2ed93aad1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/2c802c587089e4f3bcf457e908897f75f67b70
/usr/sbin/sss_debuglevel
/usr/sbin/sss_obfuscate
/usr/sbin/sss_override
/usr/sbin/sss_seed
/usr/sbin/sssctl
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/2884dfead5f02e7476b487d00bf0b028dd4ac0
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/07dd90c0fc4c9aa69411628611d2c5140ff249
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/99f023816c19c52da81748d82678af545dc050
/usr/sbin/sss_debuglevel
/usr/sbin/sss_obfuscate
/usr/sbin/sss_override
/usr/sbin/sss_seed
/usr/sbin/sssctl
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssctl.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.