How To Install libpam-afs-session on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-afs-session
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpam-afs-session
libpam-afs-session is:
AFS is a distributed network file system. It uses in-kernel credentials (AFS tokens) obtained from Kerberos tickets for authentication and access control, and controls access to those credentials via PAGs (process authentication groups). This module provides a PAM session implementation that puts new logins in separate PAGs and optionally runs an external program (usually aklog) to obtain tokens from Kerberos tickets. It is designed to work with a Kerberos PAM module that obtains the initial Kerberos tickets.
There are three methods to install libpam-afs-session
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpam-afs-session Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-afs-session
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-afs-session
Install libpam-afs-session Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-afs-session
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-afs-session
Install libpam-afs-session Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-afs-session
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-afs-session
How To Uninstall libpam-afs-session on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpam-afs-session
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-afs-session
Uninstall libpam-afs-session And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-afs-session
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-afs-session
Remove libpam-afs-session Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-afs-session
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-afs-session
Remove libpam-afs-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-afs-session
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-afs-session
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-afs-session
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.