How To Install mod_intercept_form_submit on Fedora 34

mod_intercept_form_submit is Apache module to intercept login form submission and run PAM authentication

Introduction

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

What is mod_intercept_form_submit

mod_intercept_form_submit can intercept submission of application login forms. It retrieves the login and password information from the POST HTTP request, runs PAM authentication with those credentials, and sets the REMOTE_USER environment variable if the authentication passes.

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

Install mod_intercept_form_submit 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_intercept_form_submit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_intercept_form_submit

Install mod_intercept_form_submit 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_intercept_form_submit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_intercept_form_submit

How To Uninstall mod_intercept_form_submit on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mod_intercept_form_submit

mod_intercept_form_submit Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/intercept_form_submit.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/55-intercept_form_submit.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/815e013be435ff2b20fca7492b7a96cb22656a
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_intercept_form_submit.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/README
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/form_based_authentication_with_mod_intercept_form_submit.txt
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/typical_form_based_authentication.txt

References

Summary

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