How To Install sssd-winbind-idmap on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-winbind-idmap on CentOS 8.
What is sssd-winbind-idmap
The idmap_sss module provides a way for Winbind to call SSSD to map UIDs/GIDs and SIDs.
We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-winbind-idmap on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-winbind-idmap.
Install sssd-winbind-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-winbind-idmap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sssd-winbind-idmap
Install sssd-winbind-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-winbind-idmap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sssd-winbind-idmap
How To Uninstall sssd-winbind-idmap on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the sssd-winbind-idmap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sssd-winbind-idmap
sssd-winbind-idmap Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/ce979354b1ea2671902582fba3044e3d4ede93
/usr/lib64/samba/idmap
/usr/lib64/samba/idmap/sss.so
/usr/share/man/man8/idmap_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/idmap_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/idmap_sss.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/e8aced3c0a278bd2cf9be5b125241f86aeb691
/usr/lib64/samba/idmap
/usr/lib64/samba/idmap/sss.so
/usr/share/man/man8/idmap_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/idmap_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/idmap_sss.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-winbind-idmap on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.