How To Install pam_pkcs11 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_pkcs11 on CentOS 7.
What is pam_pkcs11
This Linux-PAM login module allows a X.509 certificate based user authentication. The certificate and its dedicated private key are thereby accessed by means of an appropriate PKCS #11 module. For the verification of the users’ certificates, locally stored CA certificates as well as either online or locally accessible CRLs and OCSP are used. This version uses NSS to validate the Certificates and manage the PKCS #11 smartCards. Additional included pam_pkcs11 related tools - pkcs11_eventmgr events - pklogin_finder - pkcs11_inspect This Linux-PAM login module allows a X.509 certificate based user authentication. The certificate and its dedicated private key are thereby accessed by means of an appropriate PKCS #11 module. For the verification of the users’ certificates, locally stored CA certificates as well as either online or locally accessible CRLs and OCSP are used. This version uses NSS to validate the Certificates and manage the PKCS #11 smartCards. Additional included pam_pkcs11 related tools - pkcs11_eventmgr events - pklogin_finder - pkcs11_inspect
We can use yum or dnf to install pam_pkcs11 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_pkcs11.
Install pam_pkcs11 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_pkcs11 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_pkcs11
Install pam_pkcs11 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_pkcs11 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pam_pkcs11
How To Uninstall pam_pkcs11 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pam_pkcs11 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pam_pkcs11
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_pkcs11 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
