Information about the package, remctl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The remctl package is designed for, Client/server for Kerberos-authenticated command execution.
Package Name:
remctl
Summary:
Client/server for Kerberos-authenticated command execution
Description:
remctl (the client) and remctld (the server) implement a client/server protocol for running single commands on a remote host using Kerberos v5 authentication and returning the output. They use a very simple GSS-API-authenticated network protocol, combined with server-side ACL support and a server configuration file that maps remctl commands to programs that should be run when that command is called by an authorised user.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.9
Release:
2.el6
Size:
93 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the remctl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install remctl
This command will install remctl on the server.
yum remove remctl
This command will un-install remctl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove remctl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove remctl
This command will un-install remctl 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 remctl when using the -y flag.
yum update remctl
This command will update remctl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove remctl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update remctl
This command will update remctl 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 remctl when using the -y flag.
yum info remctl
This command will show you core information about the remctl package.
yum deplist remctl
This command will show you the dependencies for remctl. 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 remctl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on remctl. 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.