How To Install rusers-server on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rusers-server on CentOS 7.
What is rusers-server
The rusers program allows users to find out who is logged into various machines on the local network. The rusers command produces output similar to who, but for the specified list of hosts or for all machines on the local network. The rusers-server package contains the server for responding to rusers requests. Install rusers-server if you want remote users to be able to see who is logged into your machine.
We can use yum or dnf to install rusers-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rusers-server.
Install rusers-server on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rusers-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rusers-server
Install rusers-server 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 rusers-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rusers-server
How To Uninstall rusers-server on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the rusers-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rusers-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rusers-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
