How To Install authd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install authd in Fedora 36. authd is A RFC 1413 ident protocol daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install authd on Fedora 36.

What is `authd`

authd is a small and fast RFC 1413 ident protocol daemon with both xinetd server and interactive modes that supports IPv6 and IPv4 as well as the more popular features of pidentd.

We can use yum or dnf to install authd on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install authd.

Install authd on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install authd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install authd

Install authd on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install authd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install authd

How To Uninstall authd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove authd

authd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/ident.key
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/ad8fc461e5693665010507beb7b638c5baeaea
/usr/lib/systemd/system/auth.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/in.authd
/usr/share/doc/authd
/usr/share/doc/authd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/authd/README.html
/usr/share/doc/authd/rfc1413.txt
/usr/share/licenses/authd
/usr/share/licenses/authd/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/authd.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/in.authd.1.gz

References

authd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install authd on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).