Ubuntu
shadow package

  1. Bug #523896
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 523896

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Nicolas François (nekral-lists) wrote :

I'm not really worried by the consistency of single files (each one are updated atomically).

The problem is the inconsistency between files (e.g. /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow).
I'm not sure what would be the worst case if for example /etc/passwd is updated but /etc/shadow is not.