How To Install rusers-server on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rusers-server in Fedora 36. rusers-server is Server for the rusers protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rusers-server on Fedora 36.

What is rusers-server

The rusers program allows users to find out who is logged into various machines on the local network. The rusers command produces output similar to who, but for the specified list of hosts or for all machines on the local network. The rusers-server package contains the server for responding to rusers requests. Install rusers-server if you want remote users to be able to see who is logged into your machine.

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

Install rusers-server 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 rusers-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rusers-server

Install rusers-server 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 rusers-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rusers-server

How To Uninstall rusers-server on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the rusers-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rusers-server

rusers-server Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/a90f235476fd52843c2511efa68e99fb1df803
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/67ce86103db1bf1876ea353553209720d39175
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rstatd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rusersd.service
/usr/sbin/rpc.rstatd
/usr/sbin/rpc.rusersd
/usr/share/doc/rusers-server
/usr/share/doc/rusers-server/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.rstatd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.rusersd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rstatd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rusersd.8.gz

References

Summary

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