How to Install and Uninstall libnss-mysql.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libnss-mysql.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install libnss-mysql.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libnss-mysql.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libnss-mysql.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libnss-mysql.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : libnss-mysql
Version : 1.5
Release : 35.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 51 k
Source : libnss-mysql-1.5-35.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : NSS library for MySQL
URL : http://libnss-mysql.sourceforge.net
License : GPLv2+
Description : Store your UNIX user accounts in MySQL. "libnss-mysql" enables the following:
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: * System-wide authentication and name service using a MySQL database.
: Applications do not need to be MySQL-aware or modified in any way.
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: * Storing authentication information in a database instead of text files.
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: * Creation of a single authentication database for multiple servers.
: This is often referred to as the "Single Sign-on" problem.
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: * Writing data-modification routines (IE self-management web interface).
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: libnss-mysql is similar to NIS or LDAP. It provides the same centralized
: authentication service through a database. What does this mean? Username,
: uid, gid, password, etc comes from a MySQL database instead of
: /etc/password, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group. A user configured in MySQL will
: look and behave just like a user configured in /etc/passwd. Your
: applications such as ls, finger, sendmail, qmail, exim, postfix, proftpd,
: X, sshd, etc. will all 'see' these users!