How To Install smbldap-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbldap-tools in Fedora 36. smbldap-tools is User and group administration tools for Samba/OpenLDAP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbldap-tools on Fedora 36.

What is smbldap-tools

In conjunction with OpenLDAP and Samba-LDAP servers, this collection is useful to add, modify and delete users and groups, and to change Unix and Samba passwords. In those contexts they replace the system tools to manage users, groups and passwords.

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

Install smbldap-tools 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 smbldap-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install smbldap-tools

Install smbldap-tools 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 smbldap-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install smbldap-tools

How To Uninstall smbldap-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the smbldap-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove smbldap-tools

smbldap-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/smbldap-tools
/etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap.conf
/etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap_bind.conf
/usr/sbin/smbldap-config
/usr/sbin/smbldap-groupadd
/usr/sbin/smbldap-groupdel
/usr/sbin/smbldap-grouplist
/usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod
/usr/sbin/smbldap-groupshow
/usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd
/usr/sbin/smbldap-populate
/usr/sbin/smbldap-upgrade-0.9.6.pl
/usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd
/usr/sbin/smbldap-userdel
/usr/sbin/smbldap-userinfo
/usr/sbin/smbldap-userlist
/usr/sbin/smbldap-usermod
/usr/sbin/smbldap-usershow
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/FILES
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/INFRA
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/README
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/TODO
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/migration_scripts
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/migration_scripts/smbldap-migrate-pwdump-accounts
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/migration_scripts/smbldap-migrate-pwdump-groups
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/migration_scripts/smbldap-migrate-unix-accounts
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/migration_scripts/smbldap-migrate-unix-groups
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/slapd.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/smb.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/smb.smbldap.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/smbldap-tools.pdf
/usr/share/licenses/smbldap-tools
/usr/share/licenses/smbldap-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-config.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-grouplist.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-passwd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-populate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-userinfo.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-userlist.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbldap-usershow.8.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/smbldap_tools.pm

References

Summary

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