Information about the package, ipa-client, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ipa-client package is designed for, IPA authentication for use on clients.
Package Name:
ipa-client
Summary:
IPA authentication for use on clients
Description:
IPA is an integrated solution to provide centrally managed Identity (machine, user, virtual machines, groups, authentication credentials), Policy (configuration settings, access control information) and Audit (events, logs, analysis thereof). If your network uses IPA for authentication, this package should be installed on every client machine.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0.0
Release:
51.el6.centos
Size:
152 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the ipa-client package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ipa-client
This command will install ipa-client on the server.
yum remove ipa-client
This command will un-install ipa-client on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipa-client, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ipa-client
This command will un-install ipa-client 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 ipa-client when using the -y flag.
yum update ipa-client
This command will update ipa-client to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipa-client, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ipa-client
This command will update ipa-client 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 ipa-client when using the -y flag.
yum info ipa-client
This command will show you core information about the ipa-client package.
yum deplist ipa-client
This command will show you the dependencies for ipa-client. 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 ipa-client
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ipa-client. 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.