How To Install oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7
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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
