[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#62821: marked as forwarded (vipw should prompt to edit shadow for consisistency)

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regarding vipw should prompt to edit shadow for consisistency
to be marked as having been forwarded to the upstream software
author(s) Tomasz Kłoczko <kloczek@zie.pg.gda.pl>.

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From: Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
To: Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?K=C5=82oczko?= <kloczek@zie.pg.gda.pl>
Cc: 62821-forwarded@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Should vipw have an option to edit *both* files
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tags 62821 upstream
thanks

In 62821, the bug reporter suggests that vipw syncs shadow and passwd
files.

Indeed, vipw already has the "-s" option to edit the shadow file, but
it could probably=20

-either sync the changes made to the username in one of those
 to keep both synced

-warn the user about possible desynchronisation when changing the
username

-or have an option to edit BOTH files at the same time (or
successively)

Tomasz, what is your feeling about this=A0? I guess this has been an
often requested feature...


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