How To Install sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64 is SSSD’s idmap_sss Backend for Winbind

Introduction

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

What is `sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64`

The idmap_sss module provides a way for Winbind to call SSSD to map UIDs/GIDs and SIDs.

We can use yum to install sssd-winbind-idmap.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-winbind-idmap.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64

How To Uninstall sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64

sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/samba/idmap
/usr/lib64/samba/idmap/sss.so
/usr/share/man/man8/idmap_sss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/idmap_sss.8.gz

References

sssd-winbind-idmap.x86_64 website

Summary

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