How To Install pamtester on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pamtester on Kali Linux.
What is pamtester
pamtester is:
Pamtester is a tiny utility program to test the pluggable authentication modules (PAM) facility, which is a de facto standard of unified authentication management mechanism in many unices and similar OSes including Solaris, HP-UX, *BSD, MacOSX and Linux.
While specifically designed to help PAM module authors to test their modules, that might also be handy for system administrators interested in building a centralised authentication system using common standards such as NIS, SASL and LDAP.
There are three methods to install pamtester on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pamtester Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pamtester using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pamtesterInstall pamtester Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pamtester using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pamtesterInstall pamtester Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pamtester using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pamtesterHow To Uninstall pamtester on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pamtester package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pamtesterUninstall pamtester And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pamtester and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pamtesterRemove pamtester Configurations and Data
To remove pamtester configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pamtesterRemove pamtester configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pamtester configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pamtesterDependencies
pamtester have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pamtester package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
