How To Install rootsh on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rootsh on AlmaLinux 8.
What is rootsh
Rootsh is a wrapper for shells which logs all echoed keystrokes and terminal output to a file and/or to syslog. Its main purpose is the auditing of users who need a shell with root privileges. They start rootsh through the sudo mechanism.
We can use yum or dnf to install rootsh on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rootsh.
Install rootsh on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install rootsh using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rootsh
Install rootsh on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install rootsh using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rootsh
How To Uninstall rootsh on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the rootsh package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rootsh
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rootsh on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.