How to Install and Uninstall autodir Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "autodir" package

This tutorial shows how to install autodir on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: autodir
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Installed-Size: 174
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Francesco Paolo Lovergine
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.99.9-10
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcap2 (>= 2.10), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.2), kmod
Filename: pool/multiverse/a/autodir/autodir_0.99.9-10_amd64.deb
Size: 44914
MD5sum: fefc7c32f364f8e1bc5cc979ba035105
SHA1: 710841c21ce5324647293b6cd54fbab2aa437c75
SHA256: 752e2d7a96b31d1f89f6a58de20a813aa882a550e4ec4977cf35a03dd35efdf4
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
Homepage: http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu