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-$Id: READ-1ST.txt,v 1.100 2005/03/02 05:55:45 tundra Exp $
+$Id: READ-1ST.txt,v 1.101 2005/03/02 08:52:58 tundra Exp $
+
+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.