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- man: include lastlog file caveat (#951564)

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- Upstream links to several patches
- Spec file cleanup by Robert Scheck
- Add BuildRequires: make by Tom Stellard
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From df6ec1d1693c8c80c323b40d6fc82bb549363db3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Iker Pedrosa <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:26:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man: include lastlog file caveat (#313)
man/lastlog.8.xml: add another point to the caveats section regarding
the handling of the lastlog file by external tools.
Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951564
---
man/lastlog.8.xml | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/lastlog.8.xml b/man/lastlog.8.xml
index fc096c8f..7e68282f 100644
--- a/man/lastlog.8.xml
+++ b/man/lastlog.8.xml
@@ -233,5 +233,12 @@
is no entries for users with UID between 170 and 800 lastlog will appear
to hang as it processes entries with UIDs 171-799).
</para>
+ <para>
+ Having high UIDs can create problems when handling the <term><filename>
+ /var/log/lastlog</filename></term> with external tools. Although the
+ actual file is sparse and does not use too much space, certain
+ applications are not designed to identify sparse files by default and may
+ require a specific option to handle them.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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shadow-utils.spec
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Summary: Utilities for managing accounts and shadow password files
Name: shadow-utils
Version: 4.8.1
Release: 7%{?dist}
Release: 8%{?dist}
Epoch: 2
URL: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Source0: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/%{version}/shadow-%{version}.tar.xz
@ -15,17 +15,19 @@ Source6: shadow-utils.HOME_MODE.xml
Patch0: shadow-4.6-redhat.patch
# Be more lenient with acceptable user/group names - non upstreamable
Patch1: shadow-4.8-goodname.patch
# Docfix for newusers - could be upstreamed
# https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/7384865775b0203b9cf5337a047744f0a4555868
Patch2: shadow-4.1.5.1-info-parent-dir.patch
# Misc SElinux related changes - upstreamability unknown
Patch6: shadow-4.8-selinux.patch
# Syslog message change - could be upstreamed
# https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/a8361e741040cd926c9c93aac89820052531b1a3
Patch11: shadow-4.1.5.1-logmsg.patch
# SElinux related - upstreamability unknown
Patch14: shadow-4.1.5.1-default-range.patch
# Misc manual page changes - only some of them could be upstreamed
# Misc manual page changes
# https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/c0818ab01d1896784245eedec9495e1e6e0260af
# Changes in man/groupmems.8.xml, man/ja/man5/login.defs.5 and man/login.defs.5.xml not upstreamed
Patch15: shadow-4.8.1-manfix.patch
# Userdel usage message change - could be upstreamed
# https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/f4cbf38ad7801bab6fae50e9b5a2effc3c48a1ea
Patch17: shadow-4.1.5.1-userdel-helpfix.patch
# Date parsing improvement - could be upstreamed
Patch19: shadow-4.2.1-date-parsing.patch
@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ Patch43: shadow-4.8.1-useradd-man-clarification.patch
Patch44: shadow-4.8.1-check-local-groups.patch
# https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/599cc003daf833bffdc9cbe0d33dc8b3e7ec74c8
Patch45: shadow-4.8.1-commonio-force-lock-file-sync.patch
# https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/df6ec1d1693c8c80c323b40d6fc82bb549363db3
Patch46: shadow-4.8.1-man-include-lastlog-file-caveat.patch
License: BSD and GPLv2+
BuildRequires: make
@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ are used for managing group accounts.
%patch43 -p1 -b .useradd-man-clarification
%patch44 -p1 -b .check-local-groups
%patch45 -p1 -b .commonio-force-lock-file-sync
%patch46 -p1 -b .man-include-lastlog-file-caveat
iconv -f ISO88591 -t utf-8 doc/HOWTO > doc/HOWTO.utf8
cp -f doc/HOWTO.utf8 doc/HOWTO
@ -264,6 +269,12 @@ done
%{_mandir}/man8/vigr.8*
%changelog
* Mon Mar 29 2021 Iker Pedrosa <ipedrosa@redhat.com> - 2:4.8.1-8
- man: include lastlog file caveat (#951564)
- Upstream links to several patches
- Spec file cleanup by Robert Scheck
- Add BuildRequires: make by Tom Stellard
* Wed Jan 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2:4.8.1-7
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild