[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1124835: Bug#1124835: chpasswd hash check goes too far

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 03:18:17PM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
>So, just to be clear, you think all would be fine if we accept * followed
>by anything, and ! not followed by anything?

I would still prefer that a low level tool like chpasswd would still 
allow the sysadmin to shoot themselves in the foot, but I would live 
with consistency at least.

Greetings
Marc


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