Debian Patches

Status for shadow/1:4.19.0-4

Patch Description Author Forwarded Bugs Origin Last update
debian/Set-group-and-mode-for-g-shadow-files.patch Set group and mode for [g]shadow files
Set group 'shadow' and mode 0400.		 Shadow package maintainers <pkg-shadow-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> no 2024-06-22
debian/Keep-using-Debian-adduser-defaults.patch Keep using Debian's adduser defaults

Upstream's bbf4b79bc49fd1826eb41f6629669ef0b647267b commit
in 4.9 merged those values from upstream's default configuration file
which is not shipped in Debian.
This patch keeps the program's compiled in defaults in sync with the
configuration files shipped in Debian (debian/default/useradd).		 Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu> not-needed debian upstream 2024-06-22
debian/Exclude-Debian-globally-allocated-UIDs-from-sys_uid-range.patch Exclude Debian-globally allocated UIDs from sys_uid range warning Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> invalid upstream 2025-03-16
debian/Document-the-shadowconfig-utility.patch Document the shadowconfig utility
Status wrt upstream: The shadowconfig utility is Debian-specific.
The man page is Debian-specific, but it used to be distributed by
upstream.		 Shadow package maintainers <pkg-shadow-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> no 2024-06-22
debian/Recommend-using-adduser-and-deluser.patch Recommend using adduser and deluser

Status wrt upstream: Debian specific patch.		 Shadow package maintainers <pkg-shadow-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> no 2024-06-22
debian/tests-disable-su.patch upstream testsuite: disable su tests
Debian uses su from util-linux, pointless/impossible to test shadow's su
here.		 Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> no 2024-06-27
debian/Adapt-login.defs-for-Debian.patch Adapt login.defs for Debian
Remove settings only applicable to shadow's su, which we do not use.
Remove settings only applicable without PAM support enabled.
Remove obscure commented-out settings.
Remove explanation about write(1), which Debian does not ship anymore.		 Shadow package maintainers <pkg-shadow-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> no 2024-07-07
debian/Stop-building-programs-we-do-not-install.patch Stop building programs we do not install Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> no 2024-08-06
debian/Warn-when-badname-and-variants-are-given.patch Warn when --badname (and variants) are given
Upstream PR 1158 will remove them, probably in the forky timeframe.		 Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> no 2025-02-17
debian/configure.ac-align-exec_prefix-with-prefix.patch configure.ac: align exec_prefix with prefix
Hopefully upstream will fix this one day.
Reported as https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/1229		 Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> no 2025-02-24
upstream/lib-chkhash.c-is_valid_hash-Accept-a-leading.patch lib/chkhash.c: is_valid_hash(): Accept a leading '!'
A leading '!' means that the account is locked.		 Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> no 2026-01-07
debian/lib-chkhash.c-is_valid_hash-Accept-as-the-hash.patch lib/chkhash.c: is_valid_hash(): Accept '*' as the hash
This is widely accepted as an invalid hash, to remove password access
for an account (that is, no passwords will match the "hash").		 Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> no 2026-01-07

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