[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#393046: Please install passwd in /bin also

[Paul LeoNerd Evans]

Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.18.1-3
Severity: wishlist

In such emergency cases as

  linux init=/bin/sh

it is useful to have such tools as 'passwd' in /bin, in case /usr isn't
mounted. Having /usr on LVM, for example, requires a number of steps to
make it work. It would be useful if a forgotten root password, say, can
be reset using only tools in the root filing system.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-mh3.nim
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii  debianutils                 2.17         Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-4  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libpam-modules              0.79-3.2     Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam0g                    0.79-3.2     Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1                 1.30.28-2    SELinux shared libraries
ii  login                       1:4.0.18.1-3 system login tools

passwd recommends no packages.

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