How to Install and Uninstall libapache2-mod-authnz-external Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "libapache2-mod-authnz-external" package

This tutorial shows how to install libapache2-mod-authnz-external on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libapache2-mod-authnz-external" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libapache2-mod-authnz-external on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libapache2-mod-authnz-external package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libapache2-mod-authnz-external
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.2-0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hai Zaar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 80
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), apache2-api-20120211
Recommends: pwauth
Filename: pool/universe/liba/libapache2-mod-authnz-external/libapache2-mod-authnz-external_3.3.2-0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 19032
MD5sum: 12723372b1e4447290f119b60cb2394b
SHA1: 85d208796acd0add9bb5b29e199af6d15a15d007
SHA256: db9f2c25c84b4afdb0dea996ebb2b4f617ab6952de22b9b767d56ddd8f08e922
SHA512: c70b6ab71121607c976e1b4908c9e1c6b52c7170bbcf1988341045673943b13cf6d6c71a19c8d64f678e21fc03a07ce96dc9dae2cf990fc274c46440e2256767
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/mod-auth-external
Description-en: authenticate Apache against external authentication services
Mod_Authnz_External can be used to quickly construct secure, reliable
authentication systems. It can also be mis-used to quickly open gaping
holes in your security. Read the documentation, and use with extreme
caution.
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Notably, this module can be used to securely authenticate against PAM
(without exposing /etc/shadow file), using, for example, pwauth
authenticator.
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This Package includes the mod-authnz-external Module for Apache Version 2.x
Description-md5: 73abfe298d07637afe5c9d4fa5d55b9c