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libuser


Information about the package, libuser, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libuser package is designed for, A user and group account administration library.


Package Name:

libuser

Summary:

A user and group account administration library

Description:

The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources. Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password suite are included.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.56.13

Release:

8.el6_7

Size:

1.8 M

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

updates

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libuser


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libuser

This command will install libuser on the server.

yum remove libuser

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

yum -y remove libuser

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

yum update libuser

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

yum -y update libuser

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

yum info libuser

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

yum deplist libuser

This command will show you the dependencies for libuser. 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 libuser

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