How To Install pam_snapper on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_snapper on Fedora 34.
What is pam_snapper
A PAM module for calling snapper during user login and logout.
We can use yum or dnf to install pam_snapper on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_snapper.
Install pam_snapper 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_snapper using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam_snapper
Install pam_snapper 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_snapper using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_snapper
How To Uninstall pam_snapper on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the pam_snapper package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam_snapper
pam_snapper Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/85605202b40aa7587d2b2d7214e80d8e2a2d7a
/usr/lib/pam_snapper
/usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_homeconvert.sh
/usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_pamconfig.sh
/usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_useradd.sh
/usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_userdel.sh
/usr/lib64/security/pam_snapper.so
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_snapper.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_snapper on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
