How To Install sssd-ad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ad.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sssd-ad.x86_64 is The AD back end of the SSSD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `sssd-ad.x86_64`

Provides the Active Directory back end that the SSSD can utilize to fetch identity data from and authenticate against an Active Directory server.

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

Install sssd-ad.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 sssd-ad.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-ad.x86_64

How To Uninstall sssd-ad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the sssd-ad.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove sssd-ad.x86_64

sssd-ad.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ad.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/gpo_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ad-1.16.5
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ad-1.16.5/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ad.5.gz

References

sssd-ad.x86_64 website

Summary

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