Information about the package, authconfig, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The authconfig package is designed for, Command line tool for setting up authentication from network.
Package Name:
authconfig
Summary:
Command line tool for setting up authentication from network
Description:
Authconfig is a command line utility which can configure a workstation to use shadow (more secure) passwords. Authconfig can also configure a system to be a client for certain networked user information and authentication schemes.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.1.12
Release:
23.el6
Size:
1.9 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the authconfig package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install authconfig
This command will install authconfig on the server.
yum remove authconfig
This command will un-install authconfig on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove authconfig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove authconfig
This command will un-install authconfig 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 authconfig when using the -y flag.
yum update authconfig
This command will update authconfig to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove authconfig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update authconfig
This command will update authconfig 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 authconfig when using the -y flag.
yum info authconfig
This command will show you core information about the authconfig package.
yum deplist authconfig
This command will show you the dependencies for authconfig. 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 authconfig
This command will check if there is an update waiting on authconfig. 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.