pam_pkcs11

Package Name:

pam_pkcs11

Summary:

PKCS #11/NSS PAM login module

URL:

http://www.opensc-project.org/pam_pkcs11

Description:

This Linux-PAM login module allows a X.509 certificate based user authentication. The certificate and its dedicated private key are thereby accessed by means of an appropriate PKCS #11 module. For the verification of the users' certificates, locally stored CA certificates as well as either online or locally accessible CRLs and OCSP are used. This version uses NSS to validate the Certificates and manage the PKCS #11 smartCards. Additional included pam_pkcs11 related tools - pkcs11_eventmgr: Generate actions on card insert/removal/timeout events - pklogin_finder: Get the loginname that maps to a certificate - pkcs11_inspect: Inspect the contents of a certificate

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.6.2

Release:

15.el6

Size:

192 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+

Command

Description of Command

yum install pam_pkcs11

This command will install pam_pkcs11 on the server.

yum remove pam_pkcs11

This command will un-install pam_pkcs11 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam_pkcs11, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove pam_pkcs11

This command will un-install pam_pkcs11 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_pkcs11 when using the -y flag.

yum update pam_pkcs11

This command will update pam_pkcs11 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam_pkcs11, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update pam_pkcs11

This command will update pam_pkcs11 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_pkcs11 when using the -y flag.

yum info pam_pkcs11

This command will show you core information about the pam_pkcs11 package.

yum deplist pam_pkcs11

This command will show you the dependencies for pam_pkcs11. 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_pkcs11

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pam_pkcs11. 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.

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