How To Install passwd on Fedora 34

passwd is An utility for setting or changing passwords using PAM

Introduction

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

What is `passwd`

This package contains a system utility (passwd) which sets or changes passwords, using PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) library.

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

Install passwd 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 passwd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install passwd

Install passwd 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 passwd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install passwd

How To Uninstall passwd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove passwd

passwd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pam.d/passwd
/usr/bin/passwd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/bf76f383efcbf743d4fcaf0c33e5b3bc63e4a2
/usr/share/doc/passwd
/usr/share/doc/passwd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/passwd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/passwd/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/passwd
/usr/share/licenses/passwd/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/passwd.mo
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/passwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1.gz

References

passwd website

Summary

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