3.0 Installing and Uninstalling Linux PAM Client

You can install and uninstall Linux PAM Client on the following platforms:

IMPORTANT:If you want to use Advanced Authentication in the SSH (Secure Shell), configure the following parameters in the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

  • PasswordAuthentication no

  • ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes

To apply the changes in the file sshd_config, you must restart the SSH Service. To restart the SSH Service, run the command sudo service sshd restart in the terminal.

NOTE:You cannot upgrade Linux PAM Client from Advanced Authentication 5.x to 6.0. To install the latest client, you must do the following:

  1. Uninstall the previous version of the client.

    NOTE:You must run a deactivation script during the uninstallation process of the client. For example, to uninstall the 5.4 version of the client perform the following steps:

    1. Deactivate 5.4 client with the following command:

      /opt/pam_aucore/bin/deactivate.sh

    2. Remove the pam_aucore package:

      rpm -e pam_aucore

  2. Open the Advanced Authentication Administration portal > Endpoints.

  3. Find and remove the endpoint for the Linux PAM Client instance.

  4. Install the new client.

For more information about how to install Linux Client, see Installing and Uninstalling Linux PAM Client.

You can find the Linux PAM Client in the Advanced Authentication Enterprise Edition distributive package.