How To Install sssd-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-client on Rocky Linux 8. sssd-client is SSSD Client libraries for NSS and PAM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `sssd-client`

Provides the libraries needed by the PAM and NSS stacks to connect to the SSSD service.

We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-client on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-client.

Install sssd-client 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 sssd-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd-client

Install sssd-client 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 sssd-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-client

How To Uninstall sssd-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the sssd-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd-client

sssd-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/cifs-utils
/etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/d9b1f5843dc47f8389b3443da4cf37d9836d13
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/9802313d8767ab0670b34ed3446e323416e00c
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/ac8b9d47386e8db90433840e4c336df38846fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/1422bda5dfde2988b2280b78bb7081cfea0cbf
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/4bae4af2d28cf60e08e7aa14c2f259d4699e83
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/8a2bc99e22bf680aab4cd5fa7cfaed9d8f5c7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/2742bc02ce5162e50758ca9e804bc486053a85
/usr/lib64/cifs-utils
/usr/lib64/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins/authdata/sssd_pac_plugin.so
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins/libkrb5/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_sss.so.2
/usr/lib64/security/pam_sss.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_sss_gss.so
/usr/lib64/sssd
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules/sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss_gss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/etc/cifs-utils
/etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/960fb18b262315e76fe24088d2777b9b81344a
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/b58f448b4ea103825db448b008b2e2adad66a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/8ca7c3382655e41b33a0006e0055274dc3ab93
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/f8cd1d11df1c7b4c1807415e1f4ad23e75b494
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/825cbcc99d5677be4ed581c322fd211e74c94b
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/05ea3457a403c63254a70072e8ea37ba3e296d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/3e5a212f53cd987ca697eab762b625063e8f5f
/usr/lib/cifs-utils
/usr/lib/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/authdata/sssd_pac_plugin.so
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/libkrb5/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.so
/usr/lib/libnss_sss.so.2
/usr/lib/security/pam_sss.so
/usr/lib/security/pam_sss_gss.so
/usr/lib/sssd
/usr/lib/sssd/modules
/usr/lib/sssd/modules/sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss_gss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/etc/cifs-utils
/etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/44c79c329195b7315163ee925b8b04674d5137
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/e89eff14fae549b63bc5a6f039f6deb5174c6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/ed7d2e397bf58574d6ff3b178bd3bd9f20a327
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/1516b888c6cb0696cd0e8e3d7b16e24dded5cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/ffb5ee89c3c6febaf1b8a0591b272141241a48
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/942d1920d4fdaac05d8814e84bed62ad8cc65d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/dd684ea404dc8f5f26ca7840281e4669a7495d
/usr/lib64/cifs-utils
/usr/lib64/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins/authdata/sssd_pac_plugin.so
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins/libkrb5/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_sss.so.2
/usr/lib64/security/pam_sss.so
/usr/lib64/security/pam_sss_gss.so
/usr/lib64/sssd
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules/sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss_gss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/etc/cifs-utils
/etc/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/4aa069815ce16de2d5bcc4ceeda7287c05c9d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/4bd61157e4dcb90d45ff10e322269159faf239
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/282566cd288d3eb8c0c77e248c18da79e97f54
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/2898152a244b3a4095dd693c6d982746679716
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/b3c2387b910c8eba38e58d1d40d1906b2a8b5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/74d063832326311863385f4feac27840029758
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/a5559eb800c6cf23ebf4b240892f69270968c6
/usr/lib/cifs-utils
/usr/lib/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/authdata/sssd_pac_plugin.so
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/libkrb5/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.so
/usr/lib/libnss_sss.so.2
/usr/lib/security/pam_sss.so
/usr/lib/security/pam_sss_gss.so
/usr/lib/sssd
/usr/lib/sssd/modules
/usr/lib/sssd/modules/sssd_krb5_localauth_plugin.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-client/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_sss_gss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/pam_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin.8.gz

References

sssd-client website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.