Somebody did mention security to me as well, but when I asked them to elaborate on it they couldn't.
I agree you can maintain a separate file for the comments, but I am looking for something that would say if you have blank line lines in in the /etc/passwd or /etc/group file this can happen. And if you have #comments in them this can happen, but so far I have not been able to find anything like that.

In order to defend my stance, I need to be able to say this will happen if you do that.



On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
My understanding is that it could compromise security.
Personally, I think this would open a can of worms (so to speak).

If I had a need to document what's there, I think I'd create a separate
file to documents this. Then you could make it whatever format you like.
 For updating, perhaps do a diff between the documentation and the live
file, along with a little scripting, to keep the documentation up to
date a little easier.

Shawn Badger wrote:
> What are the consequences of adding them in?
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net
> <mailto:ejs@shubes.net>> wrote:
>
>     Shawn Badger wrote:
>      > I haven't seen this before, but I am wondering if it possible to put
>      > blank lines and comments in the /etc/passd and group files?
>      > I have one person saying you absolutely can't  and another saying
>     that
>      > you can.
>      > Which one is right?
>
>     They're both right.
>     Question is, are you willing to live with the consequences of doing
>     so. ;)
>
>     --
>     -Eric 'shubes'
>
>     ---------------------------------------------------


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