Package: passwd Version: 1:4.1.1-5 File: /usr/bin/passwd Please document on the passwd(1) man page or better yet fix somehow:
If a line in /etc/passwd has been changed by hand and not with passwd(1) or vipw(1), then from then on any users who change their passwords using passwd(1) will cause their encrypted password to be visible in /etc/passwd, until the day the administrator runs pwconv(8). E.g., # ed /etc/passwd #e.g. forgot passwd, rescue from grub "rw init=/bin/sh" /root/s/:x:/::/ w q # passwd #then after rebooting and logging in, set a passwd # grep root /etc/passwd root:$1$cBD... P.S., also you might want to mention on the pwck(8) man page that it doesn't check that shadow information might be sitting exposed in /etc/passwd. Also warn to not run pwck on /etc/group. Also you might want to add SEE ALSO pwck(8) to passwd(1) and shadow(5). Also add SEE ALSO gshadow(5) to shadow(5). In fact there are lots more see also connections that should be made between the members of $(dlocate -man passwd), e.g., pwck<->grpck... Or perhaps give all on each page... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
