Information about the package, google-authenticator, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The google-authenticator package is designed for, One-time passcode support using open standards.
Package Name:
google-authenticator
Summary:
One-time passcode support using open standards
Description:
The Google Authenticator package contains a pluggable authentication module (PAM) which allows login using one-time passcodes conforming to the open standards developed by the Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH) (which is unrelated to OAuth). Passcode generators are available (separately) for several mobile platforms. These implementations support the HMAC-Based One-time Password (HOTP) algorithm specified in RFC 4226 and the Time-based One-time Password (TOTP) algorithm currently in draft.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0
Release:
0.3.20110830.hgd525a9bab875.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the google-authenticator package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install google-authenticator
This command will install google-authenticator on the server.
yum remove google-authenticator
This command will un-install google-authenticator on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove google-authenticator, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove google-authenticator
This command will un-install google-authenticator 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 google-authenticator when using the -y flag.
yum update google-authenticator
This command will update google-authenticator to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove google-authenticator, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update google-authenticator
This command will update google-authenticator 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 google-authenticator when using the -y flag.
yum info google-authenticator
This command will show you core information about the google-authenticator package.
yum deplist google-authenticator
This command will show you the dependencies for google-authenticator. 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 google-authenticator
This command will check if there is an update waiting on google-authenticator. 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.