Information about the package, fprintd-pam, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fprintd-pam package is designed for, PAM module for fingerprint authentication.
Package Name:
fprintd-pam
Summary:
PAM module for fingerprint authentication
Description:
PAM module that uses the fprintd D-Bus service for fingerprint authentication.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.1
Release:
22.git04fd09cfa.el6
Size:
13 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the fprintd-pam package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fprintd-pam
This command will install fprintd-pam on the server.
yum remove fprintd-pam
This command will un-install fprintd-pam on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fprintd-pam, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fprintd-pam
This command will un-install fprintd-pam 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 fprintd-pam when using the -y flag.
yum update fprintd-pam
This command will update fprintd-pam to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fprintd-pam, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fprintd-pam
This command will update fprintd-pam 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 fprintd-pam when using the -y flag.
yum info fprintd-pam
This command will show you core information about the fprintd-pam package.
yum deplist fprintd-pam
This command will show you the dependencies for fprintd-pam. 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 fprintd-pam
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fprintd-pam. 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.