How To Install nss_hesiod on Fedora 34

nss_hesiod is Name Service Switch (NSS) module using Hesiod Name Service Switch (NSS) module using Hesiod

Introduction

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

What is `nss_hesiod`

The nss_hesiod Name Service Switch module uses the Domain Name System (DNS) as a source for user, group, and service information, following the Hesiod convention of Project Athena. nss_hesiod 2.33 20.fc34 x86_64 24 k glibc-2.33-20.fc34.src.rpm updates Name Service Switch (NSS) module using Hesiod http LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and BSD and Inner-Net and ISC and Public Domain and GFDL The nss_hesiod Name Service Switch module uses the Domain Name System (DNS) as a source for user, group, and service information, following the Hesiod convention of Project Athena.

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

Install nss_hesiod 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 nss_hesiod using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nss_hesiod

Install nss_hesiod 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 nss_hesiod using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss_hesiod

How To Uninstall nss_hesiod on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove nss_hesiod

nss_hesiod Package Contents on Fedora 34

/lib/libnss_hesiod-2.33.so
/lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/0b6736f4112cba7ba8b3f1127c698424a066fb
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod/README.hesiod
/lib/libnss_hesiod-2.33.so
/lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/7e876b469dca6e205847c23e50109c909f4788
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod/README.hesiod
/lib64/libnss_hesiod-2.33.so
/lib64/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/8f45cc1f70295a99386a6f5ff12561ca5629db
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod/README.hesiod
/lib64/libnss_hesiod-2.33.so
/lib64/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/0a3553735f1d7efde5ce3c70f0ec23f560c611
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod/README.hesiod

References

[nss_hesiod website](http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/ http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/)

Summary

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