Describe package and dual implementations.
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This program provides a way to validate whether a given user has
a particular password, and optionally, whether they belong to a
particular group.
 
There are two implementations of the program in this package, one in
Python and one in C. The C implementation is preferred since the
program has to run setuid in order to be able to validate passwords.
The Python implementation was the initial template for the program and
is included for completeness, but will only be useful when it is run
by root.