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authconfig — Configure system authentication resources. More information: <https://manned.org/authconfig>.

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Problem

How to use the authconfig command: Configure system authentication resources. More information: <https://manned.org/authconfig>.

Solution

authconfig — Configure system authentication resources. More information: <https://manned.org/authconfig>.

Display the current configuration (or dry run):

authconfig --test

Configure the server to use a different password hashing algorithm:

authconfig --update --passalgo={{algorithm}}

Enable LDAP authentication:

authconfig --update --enableldapauth

Disable LDAP authentication:

authconfig --update --disableldapauth

Enable Network Information Service (NIS):

authconfig --update --enablenis

Enable Kerberos:

authconfig --update --enablekrb5

Enable Winbind (Active Directory) authentication:

authconfig --update --enablewinbindauth

Enable local authorization:

authconfig --update --enablelocauthorize

Code Snippets

Display the current configuration (or dry run)

authconfig --test

Configure the server to use a different password hashing algorithm

authconfig --update --passalgo={{algorithm}}

Enable LDAP authentication

authconfig --update --enableldapauth

Disable LDAP authentication

authconfig --update --disableldapauth

Enable Network Information Service (NIS)

authconfig --update --enablenis

Context

tldr-pages: linux/authconfig

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