Package shadow-check: Information

  • Default inline alert: Version in the repository: 4.15.1-alt1

Binary package: shadow-check
Version: 4.13-alt6
Architecture: i586
Build time:  May 25, 2023, 08:36 PM in the task #321847
Source package: shadow
Category: System/Base
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Summary: Utilities for checking integrity of the password, group, shadow-password, or shadow-group files
Description: 
This package includes utilities for checking integrity of the password, group,
shadow-password, or shadow-group files:
+ pwck: verifies the integrity of the system password authentication information;
+ grpck: verifies the integrity of the system group authentication information.

Maintainer: Nikolay Burykin


Last changed


May 25, 2023 Nikolay Burykin 1:4.13-alt6
- newuidmap/newgidmap: Added check for podmanonly mode (ALT #46220).
May 18, 2023 Mikhail Efremov 1:4.13-alt5
- libsubid: Link against libpam_userpass.
- valid_field: Always reject control characters (fixes: CVE-2023-29383).
May 4, 2023 Nikolay Burykin 1:4.13-alt4
- Changed control scripts for newuidmap/newgidmap:
  + Replaced the SUID Bit with POSIX Capabilities in all the
    configuration mode.
  + A new mode ("podmanonly") was added.