How to Install and Uninstall libnss-extrausers Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libnss-extrausers" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libnss-extrausers on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnss-extrausers
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnss-extrausers" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libnss-extrausers on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libnss-extrausers
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libnss-extrausers package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libnss-extrausers
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 85
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernhard R. Link
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3)
Suggests: libc6-i386 (>= 2.3)
Filename: pool/main/libn/libnss-extrausers/libnss-extrausers_0.6-3_amd64.deb
Size: 17032
MD5sum: 5f4fcc3eb083a600e681e6821b304932
SHA1: 2bbaaf8c3f1243cae672e8e82af45e17d858cde8
SHA256: d5271ac185c3ae7428ad43caf755396d668222cf0f497b357dc7693f7f76cfc7
Description-en: nss module to have an additional passwd, shadow and group file
This Name Service Switch (NSS) module reads /var/lib/extrausers/passwd,
/var/lib/extrausers/shadow and /var/lib/extrausers/groups, allowing to
store system accounts and accounts copied from other systems in different
files.
Description-md5: ddb09d6e0234d21eb8b08b919f49ef5b
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch