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Package: login (1:4.0.18.1-7) [essential]

system login tools

These tools are required to be able to login and use your system. The login program invokes your user shell and enables command execution. The newgrp program is used to change your effective group ID (useful for workgroup type situations). The su program allows changing your effective user ID (useful being able to execute commands as another user).

Tags: System Administration: Login, User Interface: Command Line, Text-based Interactive, Role: Program, Scope: Application, Security: Authentication, Purpose: Login

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  • dep: libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14)
    Runtime support for the PAM library
  • dep: libpam0g (>= 0.76)
    Pluggable Authentication Modules library
  • dep: libpam-modules (>= 0.72-5)
    Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM

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