How To Install zsnapd-rcmd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zsnapd-rcmd on Kali Linux.

What is zsnapd-rcmd

zsnapd-rcmd is:

ZFS Snapshot Daemon is written in python, and it can remotely manage ZFS snapshotting and backup from a central back up server. This is the security plugin command for sshd that implements ForceCommand functionality, or the command functionality in the .ssh/authorized_keys file (See the sshd_config(8) and sshd(8) man pages respectively).

It executes commands from the SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND variable after checking them against a list of configured regular expressions.

There are three methods to install zsnapd-rcmd on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install zsnapd-rcmd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zsnapd-rcmd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zsnapd-rcmd

Install zsnapd-rcmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zsnapd-rcmd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zsnapd-rcmd

Install zsnapd-rcmd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install zsnapd-rcmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zsnapd-rcmd

How To Uninstall zsnapd-rcmd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zsnapd-rcmd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zsnapd-rcmd

Uninstall zsnapd-rcmd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zsnapd-rcmd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zsnapd-rcmd

Remove zsnapd-rcmd Configurations and Data

To remove zsnapd-rcmd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zsnapd-rcmd

Remove zsnapd-rcmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zsnapd-rcmd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zsnapd-rcmd

Dependencies

zsnapd-rcmd have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• zsnapd-rcmd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zsnapd-rcmd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.