How to Install and Uninstall libpam-pwdfile Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 10,2024

1. Install "libpam-pwdfile" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpam-pwdfile on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libpam-pwdfile on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libpam-pwdfile
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 58
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Timo Weingärtner
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpam0g (>= 1.1.0)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Filename: pool/universe/libp/libpam-pwdfile/libpam-pwdfile_1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 12796
MD5sum: 35744cff5b1214ea7e821c52cbeb3503
SHA1: 07bb7eb6b2c5dfaeb423127386de8065c176a3e2
SHA256: 6b15aa901093972cb967cbd36f4f15be1cc99b82e0d35f5cee90d9bf3143a852
Description-en: PAM module allowing authentication via an /etc/passwd-like file
This PAM module lets you use an arbitrarily-named text file similar in
structure to /etc/passwd to authenticate users. It supports libc's crypt
plus md5crypt with a broken md5 and Digital UNIX's bigcrypt.
Description-md5: c94cebb47d115f6cc0afcd7203155a04
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/tiwe-de/libpam-pwdfile
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu