Control: tags -1 pending Hi, I have committed the attached patch to the release-notes to document the migration of the base-passwd system users to the nologin shell. A review is appreciated. :) Thanks, ~Niels (Original bug submission text included below for the base-passwd maintainers, whom I added to CC) On 2014-12-10 06:32, Niels Thykier wrote: > Control: tags -1 patch > > On 2014-12-03 15:51, Olivier Berger wrote: >> Package: release-notes >> Severity: normal >> >> Hi. >> >> AFAIU, since base-passwd 3.5.30, new in Jessie, update-passwd (triggered by dpkg-configuration of base-passwd) may update (silently ? depening on dpkg priority) the password of users like 'backup' to /usr/sbin/nologin (instead of /bin/sh for instance, previously). >> >> This is likely to break remote backups performed over SSH for instance (see #737735 for instance). >> >> While securing such accounts connectivity is great, I fear the release notes for Jessie lack a mention of this fact. >> >> Of course, backup user may not be the only one affected, but this is at least one case that may occur, hence worth documenting, IMHO. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Best regards, >> >> [...] > > [...]
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