How To Install pwauth on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pwauth in Fedora 36. pwauth is External plugin for mod_authnz_external authenticator

Introduction

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

What is `pwauth`

Pwauth is an authenticator designed to be used with mod_auth_external or mod_authnz_external and the Apache HTTP daemon to support reasonably secure web authentication out of the system password database on most versions of Unix.

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

Install pwauth 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 pwauth using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pwauth

Install pwauth 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 pwauth using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pwauth

How To Uninstall pwauth on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pwauth

pwauth Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pam.d/pwauth
/usr/bin/pwauth
/usr/bin/unixgroup
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/0249edbdf6c458972b6a92feca6c93b86acb40
/usr/share/doc/pwauth
/usr/share/doc/pwauth/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/pwauth/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pwauth/README

References

pwauth website

Summary

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