How To Install remctl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl on CentOS 7. remctl is Client/server for Kerberos-authenticated command execution

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl on CentOS 7.

What is remctl

remctl (the client) and remctld (the server) implement a client/server protocol for running single commands on a remote host using Kerberos v5 authentication and returning the output. They use a very simple GSS-API-authenticated network protocol, combined with server-side ACL support and a server configuration file that maps remctl commands to programs that should be run when that command is called by an authorised user.

We can use yum or dnf to install remctl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install remctl.

Install remctl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install remctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install remctl

Install remctl 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 remctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install remctl

How To Uninstall remctl on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the remctl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove remctl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.