How To Install mod_authnz_pam on Fedora 34

mod_authnz_pam is PAM authorization checker and PAM Basic Authentication provider

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_authnz_pam on Fedora 34.

What is `mod_authnz_pam`

mod_authnz_pam is a PAM authorization module, supplementing authentication done by other modules, for example mod_auth_kerb; it can also be used as full Basic Authentication provider which runs the [login, password] authentication through the PAM stack.

We can use yum or dnf to install mod_authnz_pam on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_authnz_pam.

Install mod_authnz_pam on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mod_authnz_pam using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_authnz_pam

Install mod_authnz_pam on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mod_authnz_pam using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_authnz_pam

How To Uninstall mod_authnz_pam on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the mod_authnz_pam package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mod_authnz_pam

mod_authnz_pam Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/authnz_pam.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/55-authnz_pam.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/e33058b56cee4f2895a2d7615b48cd0aecc5db
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authnz_pam.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_authnz_pam
/usr/share/doc/mod_authnz_pam/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_authnz_pam/README

References

mod_authnz_pam website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_authnz_pam on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.