How to Install and Uninstall libnss-sss Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libnss-sss" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libnss-sss on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnss-sss
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnss-sss" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libnss-sss on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 libnss-sss package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libnss-sss
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.0-1ubuntu6
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Source: sssd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian SSSD Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 86
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Recommends: sssd
Filename: pool/main/s/sssd/libnss-sss_2.4.0-1ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 22272
MD5sum: 480cb4d61556a63cab8ee3b188808980
SHA1: db5b0b319b1fb83250a13d5b1057b79e571e1b82
SHA256: 51fec00728b43fef0745518de9005821b78e1236353c468f754fa071a0484dea
SHA512: 0ff8c49a2e02cb0a317d40671d048d1d24589b1c0182670700494aa15242b52f34b450d2a582162df2e47f3b07139001700a13656f94b8287945001045a36efa
Homepage: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd
Description-en: Nss library for the System Security Services Daemon
Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and
authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward
the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different
account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy
services for projects like FreeIPA.
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This package provide the nss library to connect to the sssd daemon.
Description-md5: 74bc44873ed990a3f08b6c810bd12c1e
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop