How To Install authprogs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install authprogs on Kali Linux.

What is authprogs

authprogs is:

authrpogs is invoked on an ssh server and decides if the command requested by the ssh client should be run or rejected based on logic in the authprogs configuration file.

Passwordless SSH using ssh identies or pubkeys can enable all sorts of wonderful automation, for example running unattended batch jobs, slurping down backups, or pushing out code. Unfortunately a key, once trusted, is allowed by default to run anything on that system, not just the small set of commands you actually need. If the key is compromised, you are at risk of a security breach.

Authprogs is enabled by using the command= option in the authorized_keys file.

There are three methods to install authprogs on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install authprogs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install authprogs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install authprogs

Install authprogs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install authprogs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install authprogs

Install authprogs Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install authprogs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install authprogs

How To Uninstall authprogs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove authprogs

Uninstall authprogs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall authprogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove authprogs

Remove authprogs Configurations and Data

To remove authprogs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge authprogs

Remove authprogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove authprogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge authprogs

Dependencies

authprogs have the following dependencies:

• python3-yaml
• python3

References

• authprogs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install authprogs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.