How To Install pam_url on Fedora 34

pam_url is PAM module to authenticate with HTTP servers PAM module to authenticate with HTTP servers

Introduction

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

What is `pam_url`

The pam_url module enables you to authenticate users against a Web application, such as totpcgi. pam_url 1 0.3.3 16.20200410git58e33bf.fc34 x86_64 26 k pam_url-0.3.3-16.20200410git58e33bf.fc34.src.rpm fedora PAM module to authenticate with HTTP servers https GPLv2 The pam_url module enables you to authenticate users against a Web application, such as totpcgi.

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

Install pam_url 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_url using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam_url

Install pam_url 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_url using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_url

How To Uninstall pam_url on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pam_url

pam_url Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pam_url.conf
/lib/security/pam_url.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/b36320287d01d208f240951778dd8cd4997255
/usr/share/doc/pam_url
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/AUTHOR
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/auth.php
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/pam_url.conf
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/sudo.pam
/etc/pam_url.conf
/lib64/security/pam_url.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/b5f28a8615ba04225efac5aff8e4e223e4f967
/usr/share/doc/pam_url
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/AUTHOR
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/README
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/auth.php
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/pam_url.conf
/usr/share/doc/pam_url/examples/sudo.pam

References

[pam_url website](https://github.com/mricon/pam_url https://github.com/mricon/pam_url)

Summary

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