Package shadow-convert: Information

  • Default inline alert: Version in the repository: 4.5-alt11

Binary package: shadow-convert
Version: 4.5-alt9
Architecture: i586
Build time:  Jul 26, 2023, 09:06 PM in the task #321877
Source package: shadow
Category: System/Base
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License: BSD-style
Summary: Utilities for convertion to and from shadow passwords and groups
Description: 
This package includes utilities for convertion to and from shadow passwords
and groups:
+ pwconv: creates shadow from passwd and an optionally existing shadow;
+ pwunconv: creates passwd from passwd and shadow and then removes shadow;
+ grpconv: creates gshadow from group and an optionally existing gshadow;
+ grpunconv: creates group from group and gshadow and then removes gshadow.

Maintainer: Nikolay Burykin


Last changed


May 25, 2023 Nikolay Burykin 1:4.5-alt9
- backported changes in newuidmap and newguidmap from sisyphus.
Aug. 3, 2020 Aleksei Nikiforov 1:4.5-alt8
- NMU: fixed build with new selinux.
Nov. 6, 2019 Mikhail Efremov 1:4.5-alt7
- valid_field: Check that characters are ASCII.
- login.defs: Add SAFE_PWDB_FIELDS variable.
- man: Add SAFE_PWDB_FIELDS description.
- lib: Add SAFE_PWDB_FIELDS variable.
- useradd,usermod: Use valid_field() to check fields.