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shadow: shadow (shadow password suite)
shadow:
shadow: This set of login related programs utilizes an alternate, non-readable
shadow: file to contain the actual encrypted passwords.  This is presumed to 
shadow: increase system security by increasing the difficulty with which 
shadow: system crackers obtain encrypted passwords.  It was written by 
shadow: Julianne Frances Haugh and the Linux port is maintained by Tomasz
shadow: Kloczko.
shadow:
shadow: This package provides 'login', which is needed to log into the system.
shadow: