How To Install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 7.
What is mod_authnz_pam
mod_authnz_pam is a PAM authorization module, supplementing authentication done by other modules, for example mod_auth_kerb; it can also be used as full Basic Authentication provider which runs the [login, password] authentication through the PAM stack.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_authnz_pam.
Install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mod_authnz_pam using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_authnz_pam
Install mod_authnz_pam 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 mod_authnz_pam using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_authnz_pam
How To Uninstall mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the mod_authnz_pam package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_authnz_pam
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_authnz_pam on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
