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Fedora Core 4: FEDORA-2006-145 Critical Update for Shadow Utils

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Calendar Grey March 13, 2006
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Keep informed about the newest enhancements in the shadow-utils toolkit within Fedora Core 4 for improved account handling and password security.
Updated package.

Summary

The shadow-utils package includes the necessary programs for

converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, plus

programs for managing user and group accounts. The pwconv command

converts passwords to the shadow password format. The pwunconv command

unconverts shadow passwords and generates an npasswd file (a standard

UNIX password file). The pwck command checks the integrity of password

and shadow files. The lastlog command prints out the last login times

for all users. The useradd, userdel, and usermod commands are used for

managing user accounts. The groupadd, groupdel, and groupmod commands

are used for managing group accounts.

- fix lrename() function to handle relative symlinks too

- set default umask to 077 in login.defs (#185290)

dac93c1d85262bd2c3a9f3d1e905e4ae997beb93 SRPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.12-8.FC4.src.rpm

eb9ca53598a1df55acdb30f3c86dca1e6735c404 ppc/shadow-utils-4.0.12-8.FC4.ppc.rpm

318179228a392bdb09ddb313efd9496511f7b2e3 ppc/debug/shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.0.12-8.FC4.ppc.rpm

cb02358b34875e1061a8b0b5d9440d7183b8e3b2 x86_64/shadow-utils-4.0.12-8.FC4.x86_64.rpm

600b561ecfc2f686ca859e019abd45794f925298 x86_64/debug/shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.0.12-8.FC4.x86_64.rpm

d3e6bee134b4f1b01c9b44839e25291de745fc64 i386/shadow-utils-4.0.12-8.FC4.i386.rpm

73fd7084a289935803b9a41b245fdcc609eb007f i386/debug/shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.0.12-8.FC4.i386.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update

package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing

Software with yum,' available at .

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Name: shadow-utils
Version: 4.0.12
Release: 8.FC4
Summary: Utilities for managing accounts and shadow password files.

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