From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 34225@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34225: 27.0.50; Add passwd backups to etc-passwd-generic-mode
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:54:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o98033kv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pnsg357o.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:19:39 +0200)
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 34225-done@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:19:39 +0200
>
> > /etc/shadow-
> > Backup file for /etc/shadow.
> >
> > Note that this file is used by the tools of the shadow toolsuite,
> > but not by all user and password management tools.
>
> Yes, and "man 5 passwd" shows the same:
>
> /etc/passwd-
> Backup file for /etc/passwd.
>
> So I installed the patch to master.
Please add a comment there to explain why we do such a strange thing.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-01-28 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-27 20:34 bug#34225: 27.0.50; Add passwd backups to etc-passwd-generic-mode Juri Linkov
2019-01-28 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-01-28 18:01 ` Glenn Morris
2019-01-28 20:19 ` Juri Linkov
2019-01-28 20:54 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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