Other Miscellaneous Services

crypt

  • Provides access to the Unix crypt() function.
  • Used to encrypt passwords

locale

  • Support for the POSIX locale functions.

resource

  • Allows a program to control and monitor its system resources
  • Can place limits on CPU time, file sizes, etc.

termios

  • Low-level terminal I/O handling.
  • For all of those vintage TTY fans.
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