How To Install sssd-krb5-common on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-krb5-common on Rocky Linux 8. sssd-krb5-common is SSSD helpers needed for Kerberos and GSSAPI authentication

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-krb5-common on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `sssd-krb5-common`

Provides helper processes that the LDAP and Kerberos back ends can use for Kerberos user or host authentication.

We can use yum or dnf to install sssd-krb5-common on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd-krb5-common.

Install sssd-krb5-common 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-krb5-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd-krb5-common

Install sssd-krb5-common 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-krb5-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-krb5-common

How To Uninstall sssd-krb5-common on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the sssd-krb5-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd-krb5-common

sssd-krb5-common Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/5e4468fdd5408173b776b6bfa2f17785c0c745
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/2559e6088993d8f52d978ef107209791dcc121
/usr/libexec/sssd/krb5_child
/usr/libexec/sssd/ldap_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5-common
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5-common/COPYING
/var/lib/sss/pubconf/krb5.include.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/2e11a0ceab62f81d9a33670dca6fdc2ef93ab1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/5a7129f590a65e6b1400f4275f5d291f723112
/usr/libexec/sssd/krb5_child
/usr/libexec/sssd/ldap_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5-common
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5-common/COPYING
/var/lib/sss/pubconf/krb5.include.d

References

sssd-krb5-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-krb5-common on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.