How to Install and Uninstall autodir Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "autodir" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install autodir on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall autodir on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: autodir
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.99.9-16
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Francesco Paolo Lovergine
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 246
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), kmod
Filename: pool/multiverse/a/autodir/autodir_0.99.9-16_amd64.deb
Size: 69148
MD5sum: ce95d17014457cd4b0db6891191beb55
SHA1: 29e0d37e9ada2d58ad79c93cc4099aa349898c41
SHA256: 5fba4fa29b2d469b8b1fa47cb575e069b582e2008313f28d1431595c3b5a8b95
SHA512: e1188f8f008132e0eca38aa66607d3e58a93278e275a41871ce122b3a72f1157b137ae11d72f36314135116a715c4dc823cd17d202707801078d4324d0239bf8
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/intraperson/files/
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