How To Install oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7. oddjob-mkhomedir is An oddjob helper which creates and populates home directories

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7.

What is oddjob-mkhomedir

This package contains the oddjob helper which can be used by the pam_oddjob_mkhomedir module to create a home directory for a user at login-time. This package contains the oddjob helper which can be used by the pam_oddjob_mkhomedir module to create a home directory for a user at login-time.

We can use yum or dnf to install oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install oddjob-mkhomedir.

Install oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install oddjob-mkhomedir using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install oddjob-mkhomedir

Install oddjob-mkhomedir 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 oddjob-mkhomedir using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install oddjob-mkhomedir

How To Uninstall oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the oddjob-mkhomedir package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove oddjob-mkhomedir

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.