How To Install pam_radius on Fedora 34

pam_radius is PAM Module for RADIUS Authentication PAM Module for RADIUS Authentication

Introduction

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

What is pam_radius

pam_radius is a PAM module which allows user authentication using a radius server. pam_radius 1.4.0 18.fc34 x86_64 34 k pam_radius-1.4.0-18.fc34.src.rpm fedora PAM Module for RADIUS Authentication http GPLv2+ pam_radius is a PAM module which allows user authentication using a radius server.

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

Install pam_radius 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_radius using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam_radius

Install pam_radius 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_radius using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_radius

How To Uninstall pam_radius on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pam_radius

pam_radius Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pam_radius.conf
/lib/security/pam_radius_auth.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/d40237319460ace37c572be66ffe44e8be874a
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/USAGE
/etc/pam_radius.conf
/lib64/security/pam_radius_auth.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/15784e349aff77cfb866055e1a10772d556316
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/pam_radius/USAGE

References

Summary

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