Information about the package, oddjob-mkhomedir, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The oddjob-mkhomedir package is designed for, An oddjob helper which creates and populates home directories.
Package Name:
oddjob-mkhomedir
Summary:
An oddjob helper which creates and populates home directories
Description:
This package contains the oddjob helper which can be used by the pam_oddjob_mkhomedir module to create a home directory for a user at login-time.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.30
Release:
6.el6
Size:
31 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the oddjob-mkhomedir package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install oddjob-mkhomedir
This command will install oddjob-mkhomedir on the server.
yum remove oddjob-mkhomedir
This command will un-install oddjob-mkhomedir on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove oddjob-mkhomedir, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove oddjob-mkhomedir
This command will un-install oddjob-mkhomedir 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 oddjob-mkhomedir when using the -y flag.
yum update oddjob-mkhomedir
This command will update oddjob-mkhomedir to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove oddjob-mkhomedir, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update oddjob-mkhomedir
This command will update oddjob-mkhomedir 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 oddjob-mkhomedir when using the -y flag.
yum info oddjob-mkhomedir
This command will show you core information about the oddjob-mkhomedir package.
yum deplist oddjob-mkhomedir
This command will show you the dependencies for oddjob-mkhomedir. 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 oddjob-mkhomedir
This command will check if there is an update waiting on oddjob-mkhomedir. 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.