Package shadow-utils: Information

    Binary package: shadow-utils
    Version: 4.5-alt9
    Architecture: i586
    Build time:  May 26, 2023, 11:08 AM in the task #321881
    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: 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.