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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "pwauth" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install pwauth on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pwauth on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: pwauth
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.11-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 41
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Recommends: libapache2-mod-authnz-external (>= 3.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pwauth/pwauth_2.3.11-4_amd64.deb
Size: 9580
MD5sum: e798b8018ec47dcc115ac5a709f0580a
SHA1: e5259befe4a779d129a18936455ce5eeeba94d2b
SHA256: f9d8a45a65b50e31c4e2237f777a817f1ebf9403a11ae49369cc248d2226f61c
SHA512: 465a566dab62d6b594431aa85fed50f75c769f33e3ed3380e61d98e9fc4df3fabeb803e338ed7c65b3bd237430858ebcb0c142b85016e76036b49bb2c7b3382e
Description-en: authenticator for mod_authnz_external and the Apache HTTP Daemon
Pwauth is an authenticator designed to be used with
mod_auth_external or mod_authnz_external and the Apache
HTTP Daemon to support reasonably secure web
authentication out of the system password database on most
versions of Unix. Particularly - secure authentication
against PAM.
Description-md5: 90e3f7caa3aa4e9b705a073b1b065361