How To Install sshexport on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshexport on Rocky Linux 8.
What is sshexport
This script tries to export SSH public keys to specified sites. It will walk the user through generating key pairs if it doesn’t find any to export. It handles all the fiddly details, like remembering the SSH key file names, updating the authorized_keys and making sure local and remote permissions are correct. It tells you what it’s doing if it has to change anything.
We can use yum or dnf to install sshexport on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sshexport.
Install sshexport on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install sshexport using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sshexport
Install sshexport on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install sshexport using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sshexport
How To Uninstall sshexport on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the sshexport package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sshexport
sshexport Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/ssh-installkeys
/usr/bin/sshexport
/usr/share/doc/sshexport
/usr/share/doc/sshexport/README
/usr/share/doc/sshexport/sshexport.html
/usr/share/licenses/sshexport
/usr/share/licenses/sshexport/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ssh-installkeys.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sshexport.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshexport on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.