Package shadow-utils: Information

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

Binary package: shadow-utils
Version: 4.5-alt8
Architecture: i586
Build time:  Jul 12, 2021, 05:09 AM in the task #278158
Source package: shadow
Category: System/Base
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License: BSD-style
Summary: Utilities for managing shadow password files and user/group accounts
Description: 
This package includes utilities for managing shadow password files and
user/group accounts:
+ useradd: creates a new user or updates default new user information;
+ userdel: deletes a user account and related files;
+ usermod: modifies a user account;
+ groupadd: creates a new group;
+ groupdel: deletes a group;
+ groupmod: modifies a group;
+ newusers: updates and creates new users in batch;
+ chpasswd: updates password file in batch.

Maintainer: Aleksei Nikiforov


Last changed


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.
Nov. 1, 2019 Mikhail Efremov 1:4.5-alt6
- Use epoch instead of serial.
- login.defs: Add REGEXP_NAME variable.
- man: Add REGEXP_NAME description.
- pwck,grpck: Use strcasecmp() to check names.
- libmisc: Don't allow leading digits in the names with regexp too.
- utils: Check that user/group is unique.
- libmisc: Allow names to be verified by regexp (closes: #9202).
- Fix build with gcc-9.