How To Install sssd-ldap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ldap on Rocky Linux 8. sssd-ldap is The LDAP back end of the SSSD

Introduction

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

What is sssd-ldap

Provides the LDAP back end that the SSSD can utilize to fetch identity data from and authenticate against an LDAP server.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install sssd-ldap

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

sudo yum -y install sssd-ldap

How To Uninstall sssd-ldap on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove sssd-ldap

sssd-ldap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/89606fb67f1d48d942bdc448ce429a852c324e
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ldap.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ldap
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ldap/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/c2cba76c66982a6fa16b3606fc7baad77ebbe9
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ldap.so
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ldap
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ldap/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ldap-attributes.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ldap.5.gz

References

Summary

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