base-passwd

Debian base system master password and group files

Command lineSystem

Not tested on a device yet. What that means

Commands in the package

update-passwd

About base-passwd

From Debian's package description

These are the canonical master copies of the user database files (/etc/passwd and /etc/group), containing the Debian-allocated user and group IDs. The update-passwd tool is provided to keep the system databases synchronized with these master files.

From Debian's description of the base-passwd package, under that package's license.

Dependencies

Depends on

libc6
libdebconfclient0
libselinux1

Recommends

debconfordebconf-2.0

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All Linux system tools

Sources and licenses

Name: the Debian package name.
Summary: Debian's short description of the base-passwd package, under that package's license.
Description: Debian's description of the base-passwd package, under that package's license.
Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.