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Do not seed the random number generator each time, and use the time in

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microseconds to avoid having the same salt for different passwords
generated in the same second.  This permits to avoid using the same salt
for different passwords in newusers.
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@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ $Id$
shadow-4.1.0 -> shadow-4.1.1 UNRELEASED
*** general:
- security
* Do not seed the random number generator each time, and use the time in
microseconds to avoid having the same salt for different passwords
generated in the same second.
- packaging
* Do not install the shadow library per default.
- chage
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ shadow-4.1.0 -> shadow-4.1.1 UNRELEASED
* The new users are no more added to the list of members of their groups
because the membership is already set by their primary group.
* Added support for gshadow.
* Avoid using the same salt for different passwords.
- passwd
* Make sure that no more than one username argument was provided.
- pwck