How to Install and Uninstall uid_wrapper Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: November 08,2024

1. Install "uid_wrapper" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install uid_wrapper on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                uid_wrapper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "uid_wrapper" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall uid_wrapper on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                uid_wrapper
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the uid_wrapper package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package uid_wrapper:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : uid_wrapper
Version : 1.3.0-3.5
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 77.2 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : uid_wrapper-1.3.0-3.5.src
Upstream URL : https://cwrap.org/
Summary : A wrapper for privilege seperation
Description :
Some projects like a file server need privilege separation to be able to switch
to the connnection user and do file operations. uid_wrapper convincingly lies
to the application, letting it believe it is operating as root and even
switching betwen UIDs and GIDs as needed.
To use it, set the following environment variables:
LD_PRELOAD=libuid_wrapper.so
UID_WRAPPER=1
This package does not have a devel package, because this project is for
development/testing.