Source: base-passwd Section: admin Priority: required Maintainer: Colin Watson Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), docbook , docbook-utils , libdebconfclient0-dev, libselinux1-dev [linux-any], po4a, Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/base-passwd.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/base-passwd Rules-Requires-Root: no Package: base-passwd Architecture: any Multi-Arch: foreign Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Pre-Depends}, Recommends: ${misc:Recommends}, Essential: yes Replaces: base, Description: Debian base system master password and group files 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.