Information about the package, munge, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The munge package is designed for, Enables uid & gid authentication across a host cluster.
Package Name:
munge
Summary:
Enables uid & gid authentication across a host cluster
Description:
MUNGE (MUNGE Uid 'N' Gid Emporium) is an authentication service for creating and validating credentials. It is designed to be highly scalable for use in an HPC cluster environment. It allows a process to authenticate the UID and GID of another local or remote process within a group of hosts having common users and groups. These hosts form a security realm that is defined by a shared cryptographic key. Clients within this security realm can create and validate credentials without the use of root privileges, reserved ports, or platform-specific methods.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5.10
Release:
1.el6
Size:
111 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the munge package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install munge
This command will install munge on the server.
yum remove munge
This command will un-install munge on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove munge, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove munge
This command will un-install munge 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 munge when using the -y flag.
yum update munge
This command will update munge to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove munge, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update munge
This command will update munge 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 munge when using the -y flag.
yum info munge
This command will show you core information about the munge package.
yum deplist munge
This command will show you the dependencies for munge. 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 munge
This command will check if there is an update waiting on munge. 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.