How to Install and Uninstall autodir Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "autodir" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install autodir on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                autodir
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "autodir" package

Learn how to uninstall autodir on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                autodir
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the autodir package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: autodir
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.99.9-11
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Francesco Paolo Lovergine
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 170
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), kmod
Filename: pool/multiverse/a/autodir/autodir_0.99.9-11_amd64.deb
Size: 46316
MD5sum: 70701d27d7684289f88074b8b6d8027e
SHA1: 78276dbca49fb72bc161bb77def22d446f552a6d
SHA256: d92d5ace0ee9b87d0b066a1d13ee76bc08d3e4a205000c3412368d73f1eb499e
SHA512: 926c374b677140def17c0c4f747d3784a637b61dd1c4e475da679f8313b7cadf931d7b87eb8ef9f2d0eb26301b4183673fc8a99e47773f2f4af589a16aed5771
Homepage: http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/
Description-en: Automatically creates home and group directories for LDAP/NIS/SQL/local accounts
A modular and thread-enabled tool to create and/or mounting and managing
automagically and transparently user/group home directories, on demand.
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It can work with any authentication framework (e.g. system files, NIS, LDAP or SQL)
and does not require PAM, which is a required feature for session-less service
such as smtp servers.
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Automounter version 4 (autofs4) has to be enabled when compiling the kernel.
Debian packaged kernels have it enabled as module.
Description-md5: 0b6913d4b30fa8f1270054260e535bdb