Information about the package, passwd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The passwd package is designed for, An utility for setting or changing passwords using PAM.
Package Name:
passwd
Summary:
An utility for setting or changing passwords using PAM
Description:
This package contains a system utility (passwd) which sets or changes passwords, using PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.77
Release:
7.el6
Size:
349 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
BSD or GPLv2+
Control the passwd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install passwd
This command will install passwd on the server.
yum remove passwd
This command will un-install passwd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove passwd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove passwd
This command will un-install passwd 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 passwd when using the -y flag.
yum update passwd
This command will update passwd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove passwd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update passwd
This command will update passwd 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 passwd when using the -y flag.
yum info passwd
This command will show you core information about the passwd package.
yum deplist passwd
This command will show you the dependencies for passwd. 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 passwd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on passwd. 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.