How to Install and Uninstall libpam-zfs Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libpam-zfs" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libpam-zfs on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpam-zfs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpam-zfs package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libpam-zfs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.6-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: zfs-linux
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 98
Depends: libpam-runtime, libc6 (>= 2.14), libnvpair3linux (>= 0.8.2), libpam0g (>= 1.1.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libzfs4linux (>= 0.8.2)
Filename: pool/universe/z/zfs-linux/libpam-zfs_2.0.6-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 20848
MD5sum: 44cbf1db79ee57667cb0a70fadbd3e03
SHA1: f915cbb4aebcc582a7b2c6d0aa5d7f1802245d8f
SHA256: a8131a4a2cf42334141f523dc1ac11b5d9999aebbd689e68c64ce88a5a2b79ae
SHA512: 3fa7048aa4f869199f3457e13f95315825064f9775280f263751759ad8dade1ebd01c087a1fff9de6202d6e3da7dab13652fad9d01e4d79ec0d1ec2298395415
Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/
Description-en: PAM module for managing encryption keys for ZFS
OpenZFS is a storage platform that encompasses the functionality of
traditional filesystems and volume managers. It supports data checksums,
compression, encryption, snapshots, and more.
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This provides a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) that automatically
unlocks encrypted ZFS datasets upon login.
Description-md5: 22667c0f995168539097f168459e100b