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Review: shadow 1:4.20.2-1

Package Information

Descriptionchange and administer password and group data

This package includes passwd, chsh, chfn, and many other programs to maintain password and group data.

Shadow passwords are supported. See /usr/share/doc/passwd/README.Debian

MaintainerShadow package maintainers <pkg-shadow-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed ByChris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Distributionexperimental
Architectureany all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/shadow.git -b master (browse)
Popcon Installs289903
Binary NEWYes (new binary packages of a source already in sid)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/shadow
Uploaded1 month, 15 days ago

New Package Report

.changes◂
Distributionexperimental
DateWed, 23 Sep 2026 09:32:14 +0200
Sourceshadow
Version1:4.20.2-1
Changed-ByChris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Architecturesource arm64 all
Changelog◂
shadow (1:4.20.2-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version 4.20.2
   * Rebase patches
   * Rename libsubid5 to libsubid6 (soname bump), target experimental
   * Remove now unused libattr1-dev dependency
   * Stop installing upstream-removed "expiry" tool
.dsc◂
Sectionlibdevel
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listlibsubid-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libsubid6 deb libs optional arch=any
login.defs deb admin required arch=all
passwd deb admin required arch=any
uidmap deb admin optional arch=any
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: Shadow
Source: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow

Files: *
Copyright: 1989-1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
           2016-2026, Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
           2022-2026, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
           2023-2026, Iker Pedrosa <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/po/da.po
       man/po/de.po
       man/tr/man1/su.1
       po/da.po
       po/de.po
       po/es.po
       po/eu.po
       po/fi.po
       po/gl.po
       po/it.po
       po/kk.po
       po/nb.po
       po/nl.po
       po/nn.po
       po/pl.po
       po/pt_BR.po
       po/ru.po
       po/sq.po
       po/sv.po
       po/vi.po
Copyright: 1999-2015, Free Software Foundation, Inc
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/fi/man1/chfn.1
       man/id/man1/*
       man/ko/man1/chfn.1
       man/ko/man1/chsh.1
       man/tr/man1/chfn.1
       man/zh_TW/man1/chfn.1
       man/zh_TW/man1/chsh.1
Copyright: 1994, salvatore valente <svalente@athena.mit.edu>
License: GPL-1

Files: man/pt_BR/man8/*
       man/zh_TW/man8/usermod.8
Copyright: 1991-1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/hu/man1/gpasswd.1
       man/ja/man1/gpasswd.1
       man/pt_BR/man1/*
Copyright: 1996, Rafal Maszkowski <rzm@pdi.net>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/id/man1/login.1
       man/ko/man1/login.1
       man/tr/man1/login.1
Copyright: 1993, Rickard E. Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/ja/man5/limits.5
       man/ja/man8/vipw.8
Copyright: 2001, Maki KURODA
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/pt_BR/man5/passwd.5
       man/tr/man5/passwd.5
Copyright: 1993, Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>
License: GPL-2+

Files: man/ja/man1/chage.1
       man/ja/man5/suauth.5
Copyright: 1997, Kazuyoshi Furutaka
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/po/fr.po
       po/fr.po
Copyright: 2011-2013, Debian French l10n team <debian-l10n-french@lists.debian.org>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/zh_TW/man5/*
Copyright: 1993, Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>
           1993, Scorpio, www.linuxforum.net
License: GPL-2+

Files: man/hu/man5/*
Copyright: 1993, Michael Haardt <u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
License: GPL-2+

Files: lib/subordinateio.h
Copyright: 2012, Eric W. Biederman
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/hu/man1/su.1
Copyright: 1999, Ragnar Hojland Espinosa <ragnar@macula.net>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: man/ja/man8/pwconv.8
Copyright: 2001, Yuichi SATO
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: src/login_nopam.c
Copyright: 1995, Wietse Venema
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: src/su.c
Copyright: 1989 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
           1996 - 2000, Marek Michałkiewicz
           2000 - 2006, Tomasz Kłoczko
           2007 - 2013, Nicolas François
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/vipw.c
Copyright: 1997, Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>
           1999 - 2000, Marek Michałkiewicz
           2002 - 2006, Tomasz Kłoczko
           2007 - 2013, Nicolas François
License: GPL-2+

Files: man/ko/man5/*
Copyright: 2000, ASPLINUX <man@asp-linux.co.kr>
License: GPL-2+

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 1999-2001, Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
           2001-2004 Karl Ramm <kcr@debian.org>
           2004-2014 Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
           2006-2012 Nicolas Francois (Nekral) <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
           2017-2022 Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>
License: BSD-3-clause

License: BSD-3-clause
 All rights reserved.
 .
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 are met:
 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
    without specific prior written permission.
 .
 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 SUCH DAMAGE.

License: GPL-1
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; version 1
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of version 1 of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-1'.

License: GPL-2+
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991, or (at
 your option) any later version.
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of version 2 of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

Review Information

accepted — allocated to awm 1 month, 14 days ago, started 1 month, 14 days ago, completed 1 month, 14 days ago.

Final Comment

Hi,

There are a number of copyright holders identified (see full review details) who you may see as worthy of being recognized in the debian/copyright.

Thanks!

Public Notes

1 month, 14 days ago ● public

Missed Author Check

Command: dnq author-check -prepare
Exit code: 0

Author check: scanned 10354 files.

NOT IN debian/copyright (32):

  "Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier" <contact@hacktivis.me>
    lib/strtoday.c:6

  Aurelien Jarno
    lib/freezero.h:2

  Bootstrap Authors
    build-aux/ltmain.sh:1528
    build-aux/ltmain.sh:75

  Carnegie Mellon University
    doc/HOWTO:1897

  Chip Rosenthal
    lib/console.c:3
    lib/hushed.c:3
    lib/tz.c:3
    man/ja/man5/login.defs.5:2
    man/login.defs.5.xml:4
    ... and 53 more files

  Chris Lamb
    lib/gettime.c:1

  Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists@gmail.com>
    aclocal.m4:939

  Evgeny Grin (Karlson2k)
    lib/utmp.c:6

  Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>
    po/nl.po:5

  Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
    lib/freezero.h:4

  Hadi Chokr
    man/useradd.8.xml:5
    src/useradd.c:5

  HANATAKA Shinya
    man/ja/man8/newusers.8:3
    man/ja/man8/useradd.8:3

  J.T. Conklin <jtc@netbsd.org>
    lib/salt.c:3

  Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>
    lib/semanage.c:2

  Jonas Meurer
    src/chgpasswd.c:4

  Jonathan Nieder
    lib/spawn.c:2

  Julian Pidancet
    lib/prefix_flag.c:2
    lib/root_flag.c:2

  Luca Berra
    man/limits.5.xml:3

  Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>
    lib/freezero.c:3

  Pawel Hajdan
    man/login.defs.d/TCB_AUTH_GROUP.xml:2
    man/login.defs.d/TCB_SYMLINKS.xml:2
    man/login.defs.d/USE_TCB.xml:2

  Peter Vrabec <pvrabec@redhat.com>
    lib/selinux.c:2
    lib/semanage.c:3

  Phillip Street
    man/hu/man8/lastlog.8:2
    man/ja/man8/lastlog.8:3
    man/lastlog.8.xml:4

  Red Hat, Inc
    lib/audit_help.c:2
    lib/find_new_gid.c:4
    lib/find_new_uid.c:4
    man/login.defs.d/LASTLOG_UID_MAX.xml:5
    man/tr/man1/passwd.1:1

  Robert Millan
    lib/freezero.h:3

  Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
    aclocal.m4:938

  shadow-utils contributors
    man/login.defs.d/SUB_GID_STORE_BY_UID.xml:2
    man/login.defs.d/SUB_UID_STORE_BY_UID.xml:2

  Skyler Ferrante <sjf5462@rit.edu>
    lib/fd.c:1

  Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias@stoeckmann.org>
    lib/sysconf.c:2
    lib/sysconf.h:2
    lib/time/day_to_str.c:2
    lib/time/day_to_str.h:2

  Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
    lib/readpassphrase.c:4
    lib/readpassphrase.h:4

  Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
    man/po/Makefile.in:2
    po/Makefile.in.in:2

  X Consortium
    build-aux/install-sh:10

  Yuri Kozlov
    man/limits.5.xml:5

PROBABLE FALSE POSITIVES (7) — a name fragment already appears in debian/copyright:

  Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>  (might be "Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>")
    lib/string/memset/memzero.h:1
    lib/write_full.c:2

  Cristian Gafton, 1998, <gafton@redhat.com>  (might be "Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>")
    man/tr/man1/passwd.1:2

  John F. Haugh II  (might be "Julianne Frances Haugh")
    man/hu/man1/chsh.1:1
    man/hu/man1/passwd.1:1

  Michael Meskes  (might be "Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>", "Michael Haardt <u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>")
    src/grpunconv.c:2

  Michał Moskal  (might be "Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>", "Michael Haardt <u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>")
    lib/groupio.c:4
    lib/groupio.h:4
    lib/groupmem.c:4
    lib/pwio.c:4
    lib/pwio.h:4
    ... and 7 more files

  Rafal Wojtczuk, Solar Designer  (might be "Rafal Maszkowski <rzm@pdi.net>")
    lib/tcbfuncs.c:2

  Software in the Public Interest, Inc  (might be "Free Software Foundation, Inc")
    po/tl.po:3

Result: ATTENTION REQUIRED — 32 authors not in debian/copyright

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