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base-passwd

Debian base system master password and group files

debian_ddtp · draft · May 24, 2026 description in en

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.

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