How To Install sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 is SSSD helpers needed for Kerberos and GSSAPI authentication

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `sssd-krb5-common.x86_64`

Provides helper processes that the LDAP and Kerberos back ends can use for Kerberos user or host authentication.

We can use yum to install sssd-krb5-common.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-krb5-common.x86_64.

Install sssd-krb5-common.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-krb5-common.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-krb5-common.x86_64

How To Uninstall sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove sssd-krb5-common.x86_64

sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/libexec/sssd/krb5_child
/usr/libexec/sssd/ldap_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5-common-1.16.5
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-krb5-common-1.16.5/COPYING
/var/lib/sss/pubconf/krb5.include.d

References

sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-krb5-common.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.