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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+configure)
+	if ! getent group shadow | grep -q '^shadow:[^:]*:42'
+	then
+		groupadd -g 42 shadow || (
+    			cat <<EOF
+Group ID 42 has been allocated for the shadow group.  You have either
+used 42 yourself or created a shadow group with a different ID.
+Please correct this problem and reconfigure with ``dpkg --configure passwd''.
+
+Note that both user and group IDs in the range 0-99 are globally
+allocated by the Debian project and must be the same on every Debian
+system.
+EOF
+    			exit 1
+		)
+	fi
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# Run shadowconfig only on new installs
+[ -z "$2" ] && shadowconfig on
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0