Package: release-notes Severity: minor tags: patch There is no "sync" user in the list of system users: https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#base-passwd-hardening
processing of base-passwd.preinst is as follows: cat > /etc/passwd <<'EOF' root:*:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:*:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin bin:*:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin sys:*:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin sync:*:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:*:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin man:*:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin lp:*:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin mail:*:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin news:*:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin uucp:*:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin proxy:*:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin www-data:*:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin backup:*:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin list:*:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin irc:*:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin gnats:*:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/usr/sbin/nologin nobody:*:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin EOF
--- a/release-notes/en/issues.dbk +++ b/release-notes/en/issues.dbk @@ -781,6 +781,9 @@ <para>sys</para> </listitem> <listitem> + <para>sync</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>games</para> </listitem> <listitem>