Information about the package, authconfig-gtk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The authconfig-gtk package is designed for, Graphical tool for setting up authentication from network services.
Package Name:
authconfig-gtk
Summary:
Graphical tool for setting up authentication from network services
Description:
Authconfig-gtk is a GUI program which can configure a workstation to use shadow (more secure) passwords. Authconfig-gtk can also configure a system to be a client for certain networked user information and authentication schemes.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.1.12
Release:
23.el6
Size:
68 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the authconfig-gtk package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install authconfig-gtk
This command will install authconfig-gtk on the server.
yum remove authconfig-gtk
This command will un-install authconfig-gtk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove authconfig-gtk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove authconfig-gtk
This command will un-install authconfig-gtk on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove authconfig-gtk when using the -y flag.
yum update authconfig-gtk
This command will update authconfig-gtk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove authconfig-gtk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update authconfig-gtk
This command will update authconfig-gtk to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove authconfig-gtk when using the -y flag.
yum info authconfig-gtk
This command will show you core information about the authconfig-gtk package.
yum deplist authconfig-gtk
This command will show you the dependencies for authconfig-gtk. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update authconfig-gtk
This command will check if there is an update waiting on authconfig-gtk. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.