How To Install pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64
This package contains a PAM module which can be used to authenticate users using ssh keys stored in a ssh-agent. Through the use of the forwarding of ssh-agent connection it also allows to authenticate with remote ssh-agent instance. The module is most useful for su and sudo service stacks.
We can use yum to install pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64.
Install pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64
How To Uninstall pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64
pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/lib64/security/pam_ssh_agent_auth.so
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth-0.10.3
/usr/share/licenses/pam_ssh_agent_auth-0.10.3/OPENSSH_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_ssh_agent_auth.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pam_ssh_agent_auth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.