How To Install signon on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install signon on CentOS 8. signon is Accounts framework for Linux and POSIX based platforms

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install signon on CentOS 8.

What is signon

Single Sign-On is a framework for centrally storing authentication credentials and handling authentication on behalf of applications as requested by applications. It consists of a secure storage of login credentials (for example usernames and passwords), plugins for different authentication systems and a client library for applications to communicate with this system.

We can use yum or dnf to install signon on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install signon.

Install signon on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install signon

Install signon on CentOS 8 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 signon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install signon

How To Uninstall signon on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove signon

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install signon on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.