How To Install pam_yubico on Fedora 34

pam_yubico is A Pluggable Authentication Module for yubikeys A Pluggable Authentication Module for yubikeys

Introduction

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

What is pam_yubico

This is pam_yubico, a pluggable authentication module that can be used with Linux-PAM and yubikeys. This module supports yubikey OTP checking. pam_yubico 2.26 7.fc34 x86_64 68 k pam_yubico-2.26-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora A Pluggable Authentication Module for yubikeys https BSD This is pam_yubico, a pluggable authentication module that can be used with Linux-PAM and yubikeys. This module supports yubikey OTP checking.

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

Install pam_yubico 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_yubico using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam_yubico

Install pam_yubico 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_yubico using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam_yubico

How To Uninstall pam_yubico on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pam_yubico

pam_yubico Package Contents on Fedora 34

/lib/security/pam_yubico.so
/usr/bin/ykpamcfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/835d69cc8d0addb694c01b4427ad5f0a9f0633
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/58cf7620d6f5268946546f23608ff04ce8b9c7
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/README
/usr/share/licenses/pam_yubico
/usr/share/licenses/pam_yubico/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ykpamcfg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_yubico.8.gz
/lib64/security/pam_yubico.so
/usr/bin/ykpamcfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/a8cffe2b37393cfe3ca6679b9766dcbf8c17b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/022f563913bd019c4ac06d4989ba519722691e
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pam_yubico/README
/usr/share/licenses/pam_yubico
/usr/share/licenses/pam_yubico/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ykpamcfg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_yubico.8.gz

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Summary

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