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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2004-395
2004-12-01
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : shadow-utils
Version : 4.0.3
Release : 38
Summary : Utilities for managing accounts and shadow password files.
Description :
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.
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Update Information:
This shadow-utils changed the behavior of useradd and other related
utilities
that allowed you to specify either a group or user name. As per POSIX,
names with dots, dashes, and underscores are now allowed, as well as mixed
case and userids that begin or consist entirely of numbers.
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This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/
442ba170e2270e645d05e70a304e7982 SRPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-38.src.rpm
9d5a1d622fbc0909c1bb40cf5d6ea451 x86_64/shadow-utils-4.0.3-38.x86_64.rpm
ceb067be3ace3f995b0d89d9dcc3d5b3
x86_64/debug/shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.0.3-38.x86_64.rpm
d4ef3016737e61ac6cbedaab90845b64 i386/shadow-utils-4.0.3-38.i386.rpm
234257a8d38cf2513d2e3a709b513f8d
i386/debug/shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.0.3-38.i386.rpm
This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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