skeud

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Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
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+# skeud: Simple and portable utilities to deal with user accounts (su, login)
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+skeud /skød/ (Brezhoneg): shadow / reflection / ghost
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+## Features
+- Compatible with [tcb shadow](https://www.openwall.com/tcb/)
+
+## Unsupported
+- Broken authentication systems like PAM
+- Remote host arguments (believed to be legacy)
+- `/etc/login.defs` configuration file
+- Checking for emails, consider using `/etc/profile` or `~/.profile` instead
+- Dangerous features:
+  - empty password field disabling authentication
+- `utmp` / `wtmp`: Prone to corrupting itself and can be faked
+- OS-specific utilities like `passwd`, `useradd`, `gpasswd`, …
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