Information about the package, pam, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pam package is designed for, An extensible library which provides authentication for.
Package Name:
pam
Summary:
An extensible library which provides authentication for
Description:
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool that allows system administrators to set authentication policy without having to recompile programs that handle authentication.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
1.1.1
Release:
24.el6
Size:
660 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and GPLv2+
Control the pam package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pam
This command will install pam on the server.
yum remove pam
This command will un-install pam on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pam
This command will un-install pam 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update pam
This command will update pam to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pam
This command will update pam 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info pam
This command will show you core information about the pam package.
yum deplist pam
This command will show you the dependencies for pam. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pam. 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.