How To Install usbauth on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbauth on CentOS 8. usbauth is USB firewall against BadUSB attacks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbauth on CentOS 8.

What is usbauth

It is a firewall against BadUSB attacks. A config file describes in which way devices would be accepted.

We can use yum or dnf to install usbauth on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usbauth.

Install usbauth on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install usbauth using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usbauth

Install usbauth on CentOS 8 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 usbauth using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install usbauth

How To Uninstall usbauth on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the usbauth package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove usbauth

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbauth on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.