How To Install smbldap-tools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbldap-tools on CentOS 7. smbldap-tools is User and group administration tools for Samba/OpenLDAP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbldap-tools on CentOS 7.

What is smbldap-tools

In conjunction with OpenLDAP and Samba-LDAP servers, this collection is useful to add, modify and delete users and groups, and to change Unix and Samba passwords. In those contexts they replace the system tools to manage users, groups and passwords.

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

Install smbldap-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install smbldap-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install smbldap-tools

Install smbldap-tools 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 smbldap-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install smbldap-tools

How To Uninstall smbldap-tools on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the smbldap-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove smbldap-tools

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Summary

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