{
  "id": 270344,
  "title": "[$] Changes in shadow-utils password-expiration features",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/changes-in-shadow-utils-password-expiration-features",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-07T15:54:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1086949/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The shadow-utils project provides the tools that handle /etc/shadow , /etc/passwd , and other related databases; in general, manages users and groups on many Linux systems. While most software releases are notable for what is added, the recent shadow-utils 4.20.0 release is most noteworthy for what has been removed. Specifically, several utilities and functionality related to periodic password…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}