How To Install pam on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam on CentOS 7.
What is pam
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool that allows system administrators to set authentication policy without having to recompile programs that handle authentication.
We can use yum or dnf to install pam on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam.
Install 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 pam using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam
Install 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 pam using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam
How To Uninstall pam on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pam package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.