I decided to "scratch my own itch" and submitted a PR upstream.
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/219
** Bug watch added: github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues #219
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/219
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Public bug reported:
I did
echo root:secret | chpasswd --root=/mnt/img
I expected the password to be changed on the mounted filesystem at /mnt/img
Instead, it changed the password on the host filesystem.
Although the chpasswd(1) manual page does not list --root=CHROOT_DIR as
valid syntax, it
Public bug reported:
I installed version 3.10.11-1 of clonezilla in Ubuntu 15.04, but the
package contains no manual page. Even something simple containing a
link to online documentation would be helpful. The Debian Policy Manual
suggests that the lack of a manual page be reported as a bug.