How to Install and Uninstall libpam-oath Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "libpam-oath" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpam-oath on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpam-oath
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpam-oath" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libpam-oath on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpam-oath
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpam-oath package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpam-oath
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.6-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: oath-toolkit
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: OATH Toolkit Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 39
Depends: libpam-runtime, libc6 (>= 2.4), liboath0 (>= 1.8.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Filename: pool/universe/o/oath-toolkit/libpam-oath_2.6.6-3_amd64.deb
Size: 9692
MD5sum: d21f0c32c8c968e2d678c762224296d3
SHA1: 9d85b14907d169b53a2f24743ed8fd130ad6fb97
SHA256: 91c18bef81c311dc37e0e6f47891343290c5b4301a6dfd03dab6eaf2b145fe11
SHA512: 4d539c1facf517543c12f5c6c541f146dc9723c113ea520025df441fed8246046ea85afc477df628726fc98bb76489a6c066ecec9647abe463f9dbc157ac6b83
Homepage: https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/
Description-en: OATH Toolkit libpam_oath PAM module
OATH Toolkit provide components to build one-time password
authentication systems. It contains shared C libraries, command line
tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the
event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC 4226), the time-based TOTP algorithm
(RFC 6238), and Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC, RFC 6030) to
manage secret key data. OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is
the organization that specify the algorithms.
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This package contain a PAM module to authenticate users against
a local file-based OATH database.
Description-md5: 2d17d3000b8fde392811eab2f2429fb0