How To Install pam_ssh on Fedora 34

pam_ssh is PAM module for use with SSH keys and ssh-agent PAM module for use with SSH keys and ssh-agent

Introduction

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

What is `pam_ssh`

This PAM module provides single sign-on behavior for UNIX using SSH keys. Users are authenticated by decrypting their SSH private keys with the password provided. In the first PAM login session phase, an ssh-agent process is started and keys are added. The same agent is used for the following PAM sessions. In any case the appropriate environment variables are set in the session phase. pam_ssh 2.3 8.fc34 x86_64 79 k pam_ssh-2.3-8.fc34.src.rpm fedora PAM module for use with SSH keys and ssh-agent http BSD This PAM module provides single sign-on behavior for UNIX using SSH keys. Users are authenticated by decrypting their SSH private keys with the password provided. In the first PAM login session phase, an ssh-agent process is started and keys are added. The same agent is used for the following PAM sessions. In any case the appropriate environment variables are set in the session phase.

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

Install pam_ssh 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_ssh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam_ssh

Install pam_ssh 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_ssh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_ssh

How To Uninstall pam_ssh on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pam_ssh

pam_ssh Package Contents on Fedora 34

/lib/security/pam_ssh.so
/run/pam_ssh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/e937cdf152246c9db4b4aa2b21f5ccd9567219
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pam_ssh.conf
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ssh.8.gz
/lib64/security/pam_ssh.so
/run/pam_ssh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/c3ee0855ff00bae66851f0c6ff16be3fe34869
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pam_ssh.conf
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_ssh/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ssh.8.gz

References

[pam_ssh website](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pam-ssh/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/pam-ssh/)

Summary

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