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Package: login (1:4.0.18.1-7+etch1) [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) [not alpha, i386, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.5-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • 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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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 791.7 kB2992 kB [list of files]
amd64 787.5 kB2956 kB [list of files]
arm 773.2 kB2928 kB [list of files]
hppa 785.2 kB2944 kB [list of files]
i386 777.9 kB2932 kB [list of files]
ia64 807.1 kB3064 kB [list of files]
mips 785.7 kB2980 kB [list of files]
mipsel 786.2 kB2980 kB [list of files]
powerpc 786.6 kB2952 kB [list of files]
s390 785.4 kB2948 kB [list of files]
sparc 781.4 kB2936 kB [list of files]