How To Install policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 is The newrole application for RBAC/MLS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64

RBAC/MLS policy machines require newrole as a way of changing the role or level of a logged in user.

We can use yum to install policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64.

Install policycoreutils-newrole.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 policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64

How To Uninstall policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64

policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/pam.d/newrole
/usr/bin/newrole
/usr/share/man/man1/newrole.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.