How to Install libpam-smbpass software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libpam-smbpass software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libpam-smbpass software package provides pluggable authentication module for Samba, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libpam-smbpass 

libpam-smbpass is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libpam-smbpass package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libpam-smbpass *

You will get with libpam-smbpass package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libpam-smbpass package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Administration Utilities
Package libpam-smbpass
Version 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Description pluggable authentication module for Samba
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libpam-smbpass software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?