Information about the package, pam_yubico, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pam_yubico package is designed for, A Pluggable Authentication Module for yubikeys.
Package Name:
pam_yubico
Summary:
A Pluggable Authentication Module for yubikeys
Description:
This is pam_yubico, a pluggable authentication module that can be used with Linux-PAM and yubikeys. This module supports yubikey OTP checking.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.23
Release:
1.el6
Size:
55 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the pam_yubico package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pam_yubico
This command will install pam_yubico on the server.
yum remove pam_yubico
This command will un-install pam_yubico on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam_yubico, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pam_yubico
This command will un-install pam_yubico 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_yubico when using the -y flag.
yum update pam_yubico
This command will update pam_yubico to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam_yubico, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pam_yubico
This command will update pam_yubico 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_yubico when using the -y flag.
yum info pam_yubico
This command will show you core information about the pam_yubico package.
yum deplist pam_yubico
This command will show you the dependencies for pam_yubico. 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_yubico
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pam_yubico. 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.