Bug#351631: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#351631: passwd: Please compile with SE Linux support

[Russell Coker]

On Tuesday 07 February 2006 16:45, Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org> 
wrote:
> > Currently useradd/userdel make a SE Linux system unusable and unbootable,
> > the change I request fixes that.  The base functionality of /bin/passwd
> > works, but it doesn't perform checks for SE Linux permission, so
> > root:user_r:user_t can change passwords for any user.  This is also fixed
> > by the change I request.
> >
> >
> > PS  You will also need to make it build-depend on libselinux1-dev.
>
> Yep. That's the last point to sort as this package is not available on
> the Hurd as Nicolas François pointed on IRC (#shadow on freenode).

Build-depends on (libselinux1-dev | something-hurd)?

> I'm very seriously considering the suggested change and I'm now in the
> "only Manoj can make my mind change" mood...:-)

This is a machine-killing bug for SE Linux systems, Manoj won't object.

> We are about to upload a new release of shadow as soon as the current
> one will have reached testing, which should happen, from memory, in 1
> day or two. I expect this new release to be built with libselinux1.

Great!