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Howdy provides Windows Hello™ style authentication for Linux. Use your built-in IR emitters and camera in combination with facial recognition to prove who you are. Using the central authentication system (PAM), works everywhere you would otherwise need your password: Login, lock screen, sudo, su, etc.

Friend is an extensible authentication and authorization library for Clojure Ring web applications. It streamlines user authentication, supports multiple workflows, and integrates role-based security cleanly into request handling. Ring middlewares for configuring and defining the scopes of authentication and authorization. Macros to clearly demarcate the scope of authentication and authorization within code that is "below" the level of Ring handlers where you can't use middlewares. Enables...

/usr/bin/passwd offers a "safe way" for root to edit /etc/passwd (or shadow). If setuid it allows regular users to change passwd without asking root to do changes for them. (note: does have learning curve on args to choose) gnupasswd - gnu change user password gnugpasswd - gnu change group password gnupasswd(1) has a goal to work with older login.c/linux and some newer too, also "getpwent" (any glibc).

The libsudo library lets your C/C++ application to start processes as a different user (usually 'root') by calling 'sudo'. It's like the system() call but specifying a different user.