Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install authd on CentOS 8.
What is authd
authd is a small and fast RFC 1413 ident protocol daemon with both xinetd server and interactive modes that supports IPv6 and IPv4 as well as the more popular features of pidentd.
We can use yum or dnf to install authd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install authd.
Install authd on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install authd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install authd
Install authd on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install authd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install authd
How To Uninstall authd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the authd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove authd
authd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/ident.key
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/bbe959c4d22faae54fea386fba4ba0d5b61f84
/usr/lib/systemd/system/auth.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/in.authd
/usr/share/doc/authd
/usr/share/doc/authd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/authd/README.html
/usr/share/doc/authd/rfc1413.txt
/usr/share/licenses/authd
/usr/share/licenses/authd/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/authd.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/in.authd.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install authd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
