How To Install pmount on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pmount on CentOS 7.
What is pmount
pmount (“policy mount”) is a wrapper around the standard mount program which permits normal users to mount removable devices without a matching /etc/fstab entry. Be warned that pmount is installed setuid root.
We can use yum or dnf to install pmount on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pmount.
Install pmount on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pmount using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pmount
Install pmount 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 pmount using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pmount
How To Uninstall pmount on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pmount package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pmount
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pmount on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
