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Package: login (1:4.1.1-6) [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 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libpam-modules
    Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
  • dep: libpam-runtime
    Runtime support for the PAM library
  • dep: libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
    Pluggable Authentication Modules library

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 847.7 kB3068 kB [list of files]
amd64 845.6 kB3032 kB [list of files]
arm 832.6 kB2992 kB [list of files]
armel 834.2 kB2996 kB [list of files]
hppa 840.9 kB3016 kB [list of files]
i386 834.4 kB2392 kB [list of files]
ia64 860.1 kB3136 kB [list of files]
mips 840.4 kB3044 kB [list of files]
mipsel 840.3 kB3044 kB [list of files]
powerpc 842.5 kB3028 kB [list of files]
s390 842.2 kB3024 kB [list of files]
sparc 836.8 kB3008 kB [list of files]