How To Install pam_script on Fedora 34

pam_script is PAM module for executing scripts PAM module for executing scripts

Introduction

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

What is `pam_script`

pam_script allows you to execute scripts during authorization, password changes and session openings or closings. pam_script 1.1.9 8.fc34 x86_64 33 k pam_script-1.1.9-8.fc34.src.rpm fedora PAM module for executing scripts https GPLv2+ pam_script allows you to execute scripts during authorization, password changes and session openings or closings.

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

Install pam_script 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_script using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam_script

Install pam_script 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_script using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_script

How To Uninstall pam_script on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pam_script

pam_script Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pam-script.d
/etc/pam_script
/etc/pam_script_acct
/etc/pam_script_auth
/etc/pam_script_passwd
/etc/pam_script_ses_close
/etc/pam_script_ses_open
/lib/security/pam_script.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/81dbb9f00e620819f26c9e17d31a17ca79d2cf
/usr/share/doc/pam_script
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/README.pam_script
/usr/share/man/man7/pam-script.7.gz
/etc/pam-script.d
/etc/pam_script
/etc/pam_script_acct
/etc/pam_script_auth
/etc/pam_script_passwd
/etc/pam_script_ses_close
/etc/pam_script_ses_open
/lib64/security/pam_script.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/504976305d26ad94c4db0f8cb0b70f6a1b90c7
/usr/share/doc/pam_script
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_script/README.pam_script
/usr/share/man/man7/pam-script.7.gz

References

[pam_script website](https://github.com/jeroennijhof/pam_script https://github.com/jeroennijhof/pam_script)

Summary

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