How To Install sssd-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-tools in Fedora 36. sssd-tools is Userspace tools for use with the SSSD

Introduction

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

What is sssd-tools

Provides several administrative tools * sss_debuglevel to change the debug level on the fly * sss_seed which pre-creates a user entry for use in kickstarts * sss_obfuscate for generating an obfuscated LDAP password * sssctl – an sssd status and control utility

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

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

sudo dnf -y install sssd-tools

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

sudo yum -y install sssd-tools

How To Uninstall sssd-tools on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove sssd-tools

sssd-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/92249c05588f796cd2b663b640998ba7b57dff
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/0509681f3acca5bf4755d6472c7ccc1e041f3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/d9d3543c78505b1ed8d31f15f37f8820103df5
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/parser.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/parser.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/source_files.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/source_files.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/source_journald.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/source_journald.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/source_reader.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/source_reader.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/sss_analyze.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/__pycache__/sss_analyze.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/modules
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/modules/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/modules/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/modules/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/modules/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/modules/__pycache__/request.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/modules/__pycache__/request.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/modules/request.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/parser.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/source_files.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/source_journald.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/source_reader.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sssd/sss_analyze.py
/usr/libexec/sssd/sss_analyze
/usr/sbin/sss_debuglevel
/usr/sbin/sss_obfuscate
/usr/sbin/sss_override
/usr/sbin/sss_seed
/usr/sbin/sssctl
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssctl.8.gz

References

Summary

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