github shadow-maint/shadow v4.10
Release 4.10

latest releases: 4.15.3, 4.15.2, 4.14.8...
2 years ago

Note: From this release forward, su from this package should be
considered deprecated. Please replace any users of it with su from
util-linux. Please open an issue if there is a problem with that.
We intend to remove it in an upcoming release.

This release features many fixes expecially to the building of
libsubid, some SELinux labeling issues, and a few signaling
issues.

Changelog:
* libsubid fixes (Xi Ruoyao, Serge Hallyn, Iker Pedrosa, Mike Gilbert,
GalaxyMaster, and Luís Ferreira)
* Rename the test program list_subid_ranges to getsubids, write
a manpage, so distros can ship it. (Iker Pedrosa)
* Add libeconf dep for new*idmap (Iker Pedrosa)
* Allow all group types with usermod -G (Iker Pedrosa)
* Avoid useradd generating empty subid range (Iker Pedrosa)
* Handle NULL pw_passwd (Jaroslav Jindrak)
* Fix default value SHA_get_salt_rounds (Mike Gilbert)
* Use https where possible in README (Paul Menzel)
* Update content and format of README (Iker Pedrosa)
* Translation updates (Balint Reczey, Frans Spiesschaert)
* Switch from xml2po to itstool in 'make dist' (Serge Hallyn)
* Fix double frees (Michael Vetter)
* Add LOG_INIT configurable to useradd (Andy Zaugg)
* Add CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL documentation (Andy Zaugg)
* Create a security.md
* Fix su never being SIGKILLd when trapping TERM (Ruihan li)
* Fix wrong SELinux labels in several possible cases (Iker Pedrosa)
* Fix missing chmod in chadowtb_move (GalaxyMaster)
* Handle malformed hushlogins entries (Tobias Stoeckmann)
* Fix groupdel segv when passwd does not exist (François Rigault)
* Fix covscan-found newgrp segfault (Iker Pedrosa)
* Remove trailing slash on hoedir (Ed Neville)
* Fix passwd -l message - it does not change expirey (Ed Neville)
* Fix SIGCHLD handling bugs in su and vipw (Tobias Stoeckmann)
* Remove special case for "" in usermod (Alejandro Colomar)
* Implement usermod -rG to remove a specific group
(Andy Zaugg)
* call pam_end() after fork in child path for su and login
(Björn Fischer)
* useradd: In absence of /etc/passwd, assume 0 == root
(Ludwig Nussel)
* lib: check NULL before freeing data (Iker Pedrosa)
* Fix pwck segfault (Iker Pedrosa)

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