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

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-tools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sssd-tools.x86_64 is Userspace tools for use with the SSSD

Introduction

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

What is sssd-tools.x86_64

Provides userspace tools for manipulating users, groups, and nested groups in SSSD when using id_provider = local in /etc/sssd/sssd.conf. Also provides several other administrative tools * sss_debuglevel to change the debug level on the fly * sss_seed which pre-creates a user entry for use in kickstarts * sss_obfuscate for generating an obfuscated LDAP password * sssctl – an sssd status and control utility

We can use yum to install sssd-tools.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-tools.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install sssd-tools.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove sssd-tools.x86_64

sssd-tools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/sbin/sss_debuglevel
/usr/sbin/sss_groupadd
/usr/sbin/sss_groupdel
/usr/sbin/sss_groupmod
/usr/sbin/sss_groupshow
/usr/sbin/sss_obfuscate
/usr/sbin/sss_override
/usr/sbin/sss_seed
/usr/sbin/sss_useradd
/usr/sbin/sss_userdel
/usr/sbin/sss_usermod
/usr/sbin/sssctl
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools-1.16.5
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-tools-1.16.5/COPYING
/usr/share/man/ca/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sssctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sss_rpcidmapd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_debuglevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupadd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupmod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_groupshow.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_obfuscate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_override.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_seed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_useradd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_userdel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sss_usermod.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/sssctl.8.gz

References

Summary

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