How to Install and Uninstall libpam-oath Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "libpam-oath" package

This is a short guide on how to install libpam-oath on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpam-oath
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpam-oath" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpam-oath on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpam-oath
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpam-oath package on Kali Linux

Package: libpam-oath
Source: oath-toolkit
Version: 2.6.11-2
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: OATH Toolkit Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libpam-runtime, libc6 (>= 2.14), liboath0 (>= 1.8.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Size: 26492
SHA256: a7c4f2a92cddb0503f5a36ab1257f9efa1538107004186747588894d95253e61
SHA1: 9319579fb62e1ca74cf0b389f6dd44c23ad9b438
MD5sum: 53ba6628d27e8b08b9ccc47f32cbd20e
Description: OATH Toolkit libpam_oath PAM module
OATH Toolkit provide components to build one-time password
authentication systems. It contains shared C libraries, command line
tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the
event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC 4226), the time-based TOTP algorithm
(RFC 6238), and Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC, RFC 6030) to
manage secret key data. OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is
the organization that specify the algorithms.
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This package contain a PAM module to authenticate users against
a local file-based OATH database.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::shared-lib, security::authentication
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/oath-toolkit/libpam-oath_2.6.11-2_amd64.deb