How To Install pam on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pam in Fedora 36. pam is An extensible library which provides authentication for applications

Introduction

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

What is `pam`

PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool that allows system administrators to set authentication policy without having to recompile programs that handle authentication.

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

Install pam 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 pam using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pam

Install pam 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 pam using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pam

How To Uninstall pam on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pam

pam Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pam.d
/etc/pam.d/config-util
/etc/pam.d/other
/etc/security
/etc/security/access.conf
/etc/security/chroot.conf
/etc/security/console.apps
/etc/security/console.handlers
/etc/security/console.perms
/etc/security/console.perms.d
/etc/security/faillock.conf
/etc/security/group.conf
/etc/security/limits.conf
/etc/security/limits.d
/etc/security/namespace.conf
/etc/security/namespace.d
/etc/security/namespace.init
/etc/security/opasswd
/etc/security/pam_env.conf
/etc/security/sepermit.conf
/etc/security/time.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/c9f9d2df4ce04cc153abc6a561cefdde4283c1
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/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/fd24a87adfbee95e8c611082d165ab336b84b6
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.pam
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pam_namespace.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pam.conf
/usr/lib64/security
/usr/lib64/security/pam_access.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_chroot.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_console.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_debug.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_deny.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_echo.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_env.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_exec.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_faildelay.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_faillock.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_filter
/usr/lib64/security/pam_filter.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_filter/upperLOWER
/usr/lib64/security/pam_ftp.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_group.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_issue.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_keyinit.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_lastlog.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_limits.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_listfile.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_localuser.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_loginuid.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_mail.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_mkhomedir.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_motd.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_namespace.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_nologin.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_permit.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_postgresok.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_pwhistory.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_rhosts.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_rootok.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_securetty.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_selinux.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_selinux_permit.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_sepermit.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_setquota.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_shells.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_stress.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_succeed_if.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_time.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_timestamp.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_tty_audit.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_umask.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_unix.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_unix_acct.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_unix_auth.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_unix_passwd.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_unix_session.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_userdb.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_usertype.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_warn.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_wheel.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_xauth.so
/usr/sbin/faillock
/usr/sbin/mkhomedir_helper
/usr/sbin/pam_console_apply
/usr/sbin/pam_namespace_helper
/usr/sbin/pam_timestamp_check
/usr/sbin/pwhistory_helper
/usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd
/usr/sbin/unix_update
/usr/share/licenses/pam
/usr/share/licenses/pam/Copyright
/usr/share/licenses/pam/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/Linux-PAM.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/Linux-PAM.mo
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/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/Linux-PAM.mo
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/usr/share/man/man5/console.handlers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/console.perms.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/environment.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/faillock.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/fingerprint-auth.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/group.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/limits.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/namespace.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pam.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pam.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pam_env.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/password-auth.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/postlogin.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sepermit.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/smartcard-auth.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/system-auth.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/time.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/PAM.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/faillock.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkhomedir_helper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_access.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_console.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_console_apply.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_debug.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_deny.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_echo.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_env.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_exec.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_faildelay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_faillock.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_filter.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ftp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_group.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_issue.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_keyinit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_lastlog.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_limits.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_listfile.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_localuser.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_loginuid.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_mail.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_mkhomedir.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_motd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_namespace.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_namespace_helper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_nologin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_permit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_postgresok.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_pwhistory.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_rhosts.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_rootok.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_securetty.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_selinux.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sepermit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_setquota.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_shells.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_stress.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_succeed_if.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_time.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_timestamp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_timestamp_check.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_tty_audit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_umask.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_unix.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_userdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_usertype.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_warn.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_wheel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_xauth.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pwhistory_helper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/unix_chkpwd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/unix_update.8.gz
/usr/share/pam.d
/var/run/console
/var/run/faillock
/var/run/sepermit

References

pam website

Summary

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