passwd
change and administer password and group data
Binary packages in oldstable
| Architecture | Version | Section | Installed size |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd64 | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 2,827 kB |
| arm64 | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 3,327 kB |
| armel | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 2,423 kB |
| armhf | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 2,111 kB |
| i386 | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 2,840 kB |
| mips64el | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 3,562 kB |
| mipsel | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 3,436 kB |
| ppc64el | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 4,160 kB |
| s390x | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 | admin | 2,801 kB |
Description
change and administer password and group data
Dependencies amd64
- Depends
- libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.36), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsemanage2 (>= 2.0.32), libpam-modules
- Recommends
- sensible-utils
Source package
- Name
- shadow
- Version
- 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2
- Maintainer
- Shadow package maintainers
- Homepage
- https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
- Repository
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/shadow
Bugs (20 open)
Each bug opens in the Debian bug tracking system, which holds its message log and current state.
- #1118274 important passwd fails with domain\username format on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Sebastian DeJesus reported updated
- #1021745 important passwd: /etc/passwd was edited with the wrong shell path on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Najib B reported updated upstreamwontfix
- #1124950 normal usermod -U on a passwordless account returns with exit code 0 on bugs.debian.org forwarded source shadow by Marc Haber reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstreamupstream
- #1124105 normal passwd leaves behind /etc/.pwd.lock upon uninstalling on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Jochen Sprickerhof reported updated
- #1111083 normal passwd: Trixie build missing "groupmems" on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Graeme Bragg reported updated wontfix
- #1008705 normal useradd: update manpage to reflect how the UID is chosen for --system on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Stefanos reported updated
- #951480 normal Misleading status message when lock password with "--lock" on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Brian Wengel reported updated
- #868568 normal adduser/useradd subid support lacking on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Niels Hendriks reported updated
- #847173 normal passwd: "usermod -l" don't change "suguid" and "subgid" on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Ф И reported updated
- #690963 normal passwd: allocates UIDs for system users top-down, in conflict with adduser's bottom-up policy on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Max Bowsher reported updated wontfix
- #635679 normal useradd and groupadd fail if /etc/passwd and /etc/group are symlinks on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Adam M. Costello reported updated wontfix
- #583593 normal passwd: disabling and enabling shadow again breaks NIS on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Santiago Vila reported updated
- #385085 normal passwd: chfn doesn't allow non-US-ASCII characters in the GECOS field on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Piotr Engelking reported updated confirmedl10nupstream
- #110516 normal adduser: bad interaction with NIS on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Laurent Bonnaud reported updated
- #1051359 wishlist passwd: Mention the Users and Groups Debian document in SEE ALSO for passwd man pages on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Karl O. Pinc reported updated
- #1015869 wishlist groupdel quite slow with many users in /etc/passwd on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Daniel Papasian reported updated upstream
- #737101 wishlist mention how users can change their names, etc. on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow reported updated
- #730107 wishlist adduser --system and addgroup --system should ignore remote directory services on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Harald Dunkel reported updated wontfix
- #681838 wishlist /usr/sbin/useradd: allow username (not just number) with -u on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Ariel reported updated
- #668998 wishlist passwd: Can't expire users stored in LDAP on bugs.debian.org pending source shadow by Per Carlson reported updated wontfix