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diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a41043e --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +shadow (1:4.13+dfsg1-2) unstable; urgency=medium + + The previous entry falsely states that PREVENT_NO_AUTH in /etc/login.defs + affects authentication. The historical default of letting all users with + empty password field in without authentication is still in effect. + + -- Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:04:09 +0200 + +shadow (1:4.11.1+dfsg1-0exp1) experimental; urgency=medium + + Login now prevents an empty password field to be interpreted as + "no authentication required" for UID 0 (root account). + The historical default of letting all users with empty password field + in without authentication can be restored in /etc/login.defs setting + PREVENT_NO_AUTH to "no". + + -- Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu> Sun, 07 Nov 2021 21:51:46 +0100 + +shadow (1:4.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * /etc/securetty is no longer shipped by this package and it is no longer + honored in login's PAM configuration by default. Please see #731656 for the + details. + + -- Balint Reczey <rbalint@ubuntu.com> Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:46:52 +0200 + +shadow (1:4.0.15-5) unstable; urgency=low + + * commands passed in argument to su must use su's -c option and must quote + the command if it contains a space, as in: + su - root -c "ls -l /" + The following commands won't work anymore: + su - root -c ls -l / + su - root "ls -l /" + su - root ls -l / + + -- Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> Sat, 8 Apr 2006 20:11:38 +0200 + +shadow (1:4.0.14-1) unstable; urgency=low + + * passwd does not support the -f, -s, and -g options anymore. You should use + the chfn, chsh and gpasswd utilities instead. + * login now distributes the nologin utility, which can be used as a shell + to politely refuse a login + + -- Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:47:44 +0100 + +shadow (1:4.0.12-1) unstable; urgency=low + + CLOSE_SESSIONS and other variables are not used anymore in + /etc/login/defs. + As shadow utilities which use this file now warn about unknown + entries there, administrators should remove such unknown entries. + The supplied login.defs file does not include them anymore. + + dpasswd is no more distributed by upstream. Login do not support + dialup password anymore. Re-introducing this functionality in + upstream is not trivial. + + + -- Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:38:47 +0200 + |