How To Install gsi-openssh-server on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gsi-openssh-server on CentOS 7.
What is gsi-openssh-server
OpenSSH is a free version of SSH (Secure SHell), a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. This package contains the secure shell daemon (sshd). The sshd daemon allows SSH clients to securely connect to your SSH server. This version of OpenSSH has been modified to support GSI authentication.
We can use yum or dnf to install gsi-openssh-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gsi-openssh-server.
Install gsi-openssh-server on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gsi-openssh-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gsi-openssh-server
Install gsi-openssh-server on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gsi-openssh-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gsi-openssh-server
How To Uninstall gsi-openssh-server on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gsi-openssh-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gsi-openssh-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gsi-openssh-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
