Information about the package, usermode, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The usermode package is designed for, Tools for certain user account management tasks.
Package Name:
usermode
Summary:
Tools for certain user account management tasks
Description:
The usermode package contains the userhelper program, which can be used to allow configured programs to be run with superuser privileges by ordinary users.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.102
Release:
3.el6
Size:
187 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the usermode package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install usermode
This command will install usermode on the server.
yum remove usermode
This command will un-install usermode on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove usermode, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove usermode
This command will un-install usermode 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 usermode when using the -y flag.
yum update usermode
This command will update usermode to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove usermode, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update usermode
This command will update usermode 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 usermode when using the -y flag.
yum info usermode
This command will show you core information about the usermode package.
yum deplist usermode
This command will show you the dependencies for usermode. 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 usermode
This command will check if there is an update waiting on usermode. 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.