[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1128882: base-passwd: Non-matching order of entries between passwd and shadow files due to package installation order

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 09:17:00PM +0000, cacin at allfreemail.net wrote:
>The base-passwd package could by default enable shadow passwords, ship with a
>master passwd that has the 'x' character instead of '*' character, and ship
>with a master shadow file that corresponds to the master passwd file, with a
>matching order of entries. The passwd package already enables shadow passwords
>automatically by default anyway, so it is not a big change. System
>administrators still retain the option to disable shadow passwords afterwards
>if they want, by editing the /etc/passwd file.

I agree with that suggestion.

Greetings
Marc


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