How To Install signon on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is signon

Single Sign-On is a framework for centrally storing authentication credentials and handling authentication on behalf of applications as requested by applications. It consists of a secure storage of login credentials (for example usernames and passwords), plugins for different authentication systems and a client library for applications to communicate with this system. signon 8.60 8.fc34 x86_64 328 k signon-8.60-8.fc34.src.rpm fedora Accounts framework for Linux and POSIX based platforms https LGPLv2 Single Sign-On is a framework for centrally storing authentication credentials and handling authentication on behalf of applications as requested by applications. It consists of a secure storage of login credentials (for example usernames and passwords), plugins for different authentication systems and a client library for applications to communicate with this system.

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

Install signon 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 signon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install signon

Install signon 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 signon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install signon

How To Uninstall signon on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove signon

signon Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/signond.conf
/usr/bin/signond
/usr/bin/signonpluginprocess
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/1a280efb490f3b020cd116335b9c7e33decf16
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/1ce8cb175916084fddb61b03c1bac6993b9ead
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/ee502caaaccfaa5cd83010456f9059642fff45
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/a4157ac6501953a898d740b72fbef8a9d25ed1
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/83ac4724db529293639445a138dd1fcb184d56
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/81bb298ec20b172d2bc5ba622498f588d66b18
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/11e8c42c805acfe9f352e843dcd1f73fc9e885
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/8299479acb675b94426afeccd122652a13f060
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/05ccf9e0be800d2586d59351319faf1a6e2d4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/579c58766943c629472707aacedefbbb6b9eaf
/usr/lib64/libsignon-extension.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsignon-extension.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-extension.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-plugins.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-qt5.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsignon-qt5.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libsignon-qt5.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/signon
/usr/lib64/signon/libexampleplugin.so
/usr/lib64/signon/libpasswordplugin.so
/usr/lib64/signon/libssotest2plugin.so
/usr/lib64/signon/libssotestplugin.so
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.google.code.AccountsSSO.SingleSignOn.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.nokia.SingleSignOn.Backup.service
/usr/share/licenses/signon
/usr/share/licenses/signon/COPYING
/etc/signond.conf
/usr/bin/signond
/usr/bin/signonpluginprocess
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/1b8cceedd47d4d1686b56fa68d02e662ef2922
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/ac8b0c45ad877c9a789594b3a3a51e4a5a9d35
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/da70fc37da991055e6a317a9ca287df29aee84
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/e99c7cc04caf89cb61d491152900b98acc2ad1
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/930e1b42c16f70b18d9f540d74a4924479e279
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/3e3453ced99f3bc67cd424e985967b81f51ffc
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/9810fa75c3089de3cf96498ad831cf6298e76a
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/e186d3b146f61962d5a692b7f7034110922173
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/c84f502ebb5ed2c994e47dc9ade1109046e317
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/823167bbb40062f7a5b7bce43b84fb2eddc9a1
/usr/lib/libsignon-extension.so.1
/usr/lib/libsignon-extension.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libsignon-extension.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1
/usr/lib/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libsignon-plugins-common.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libsignon-plugins.so.1
/usr/lib/libsignon-plugins.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libsignon-plugins.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libsignon-qt5.so.1
/usr/lib/libsignon-qt5.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libsignon-qt5.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/signon
/usr/lib/signon/libexampleplugin.so
/usr/lib/signon/libpasswordplugin.so
/usr/lib/signon/libssotest2plugin.so
/usr/lib/signon/libssotestplugin.so
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.google.code.AccountsSSO.SingleSignOn.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.nokia.SingleSignOn.Backup.service
/usr/share/licenses/signon
/usr/share/licenses/signon/COPYING

References

Summary

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