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pam_krb5


Information about the package, pam_krb5, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pam_krb5 package is designed for, A Pluggable Authentication Module for Kerberos 5.


Package Name:

pam_krb5

Summary:

A Pluggable Authentication Module for Kerberos 5

Description:

This is pam_krb5, a pluggable authentication module that can be used with Linux-PAM and Kerberos 5. This module supports password checking, ticket creation, and optional TGT verification and conversion to Kerberos IV tickets. The included pam_krb5afs module also gets AFS tokens if so configured.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.3.11

Release:

9.el6

Size:

134 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD or LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for pam_krb5


Control the pam_krb5 package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pam_krb5

This command will install pam_krb5 on the server.

yum remove pam_krb5

This command will un-install pam_krb5 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam_krb5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove pam_krb5

This command will un-install pam_krb5 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 pam_krb5 when using the -y flag.

yum update pam_krb5

This command will update pam_krb5 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam_krb5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update pam_krb5

This command will update pam_krb5 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 pam_krb5 when using the -y flag.

yum info pam_krb5

This command will show you core information about the pam_krb5 package.

yum deplist pam_krb5

This command will show you the dependencies for pam_krb5. 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 pam_krb5

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pam_krb5. 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.