Information about the package, libscrypt, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libscrypt package is designed for, Library that implements the secure password hashing function.
Package Name:
libscrypt
Summary:
Library that implements the secure password hashing function
Description:
This is a library that implements the secure password hashing function "scrypt".
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.21
Release:
1.el6
Size:
17 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libscrypt package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libscrypt
This command will install libscrypt on the server.
yum remove libscrypt
This command will un-install libscrypt on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libscrypt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libscrypt
This command will un-install libscrypt 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 libscrypt when using the -y flag.
yum update libscrypt
This command will update libscrypt to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libscrypt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libscrypt
This command will update libscrypt 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 libscrypt when using the -y flag.
yum info libscrypt
This command will show you core information about the libscrypt package.
yum deplist libscrypt
This command will show you the dependencies for libscrypt. 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 libscrypt
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libscrypt. 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.