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

[Nicolas François]

On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 07:12:20PM +0100, Paul LeoNerd Evans wrote:
> 
> 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.

Why do you need passwd when "linux init=/bin/sh"?
Are you using "linux init=/bin/sh" to reset users' passwords?

I don't think moving tools to /bin is the way to fix unrelated issues.

Unless we receive additional arguments, I will close this bug in one or two
weeks.

Kind Regards,
-- 
Nekral

> 
> -- 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.
> 
> -- debconf information excluded
> 
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