How To Install pam_afs_session on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_afs_session on Fedora 34.
What is pam_afs_session
pam-afs-session is a PAM module intended for use with a Kerberos v5 PAM module to obtain an AFS PAG (Process Authentication Group) and AFS tokens on login. It puts every new session in a PAG regardless of whether it was authenticated with Kerberos and runs a configurable external program to obtain tokens. pam_afs_session 2.6 14.fc34 x86_64 46 k pam_afs_session-2.6-14.fc34.src.rpm fedora AFS PAG and AFS tokens on login https MIT pam-afs-session is a PAM module intended for use with a Kerberos v5 PAM module to obtain an AFS PAG (Process Authentication Group) and AFS tokens on login. It puts every new session in a PAG regardless of whether it was authenticated with Kerberos and runs a configurable external program to obtain tokens.
We can use yum or dnf to install pam_afs_session on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_afs_session.
Install pam_afs_session 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 pam_afs_session using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam_afs_session
Install pam_afs_session 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 pam_afs_session using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_afs_session
How To Uninstall pam_afs_session on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the pam_afs_session package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam_afs_session
pam_afs_session Package Contents on Fedora 34
/lib/security/pam_afs_session.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/3c68904f6c3c24a4a3cf9504cccc6410630a0e
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/examples
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/examples/redhat
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/examples/redhat/system-auth
/usr/share/licenses/pam_afs_session
/usr/share/licenses/pam_afs_session/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/pam_afs_session.5.gz
/lib64/security/pam_afs_session.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/709ea6513ea77bb93d87e3796bb25a0ac2ced7
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/examples
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/examples/redhat
/usr/share/doc/pam_afs_session/examples/redhat/system-auth
/usr/share/licenses/pam_afs_session
/usr/share/licenses/pam_afs_session/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/pam_afs_session.5.gz
References
- [pam_afs_session website](https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-afs-session/ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-afs-session/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_afs_session on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.