How To Install mod_intercept_form_submit on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_intercept_form_submit in Fedora 36. mod_intercept_form_submit is Apache module to intercept login form submission and run PAM authentication

Introduction

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

What is `mod_intercept_form_submit`

mod_intercept_form_submit can intercept submission of application login forms. It retrieves the login and password information from the POST HTTP request, runs PAM authentication with those credentials, and sets the REMOTE_USER environment variable if the authentication passes.

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

Install mod_intercept_form_submit 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 mod_intercept_form_submit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_intercept_form_submit

Install mod_intercept_form_submit 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 mod_intercept_form_submit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_intercept_form_submit

How To Uninstall mod_intercept_form_submit on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mod_intercept_form_submit

mod_intercept_form_submit Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/httpd/conf.d/intercept_form_submit.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/55-intercept_form_submit.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/de5f235e4124c298c8dff09d0724614b9327f9
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_intercept_form_submit.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/README
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/form_based_authentication_with_mod_intercept_form_submit.txt
/usr/share/doc/mod_intercept_form_submit/typical_form_based_authentication.txt

References

mod_intercept_form_submit website

Summary

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