What is the distro? Version?
They are probably talking about a "comment" section of the user database.
Not blank lines or comments are possible. It will read a blank line
as the last line.
You can add ALT255 ascii characters to names and they won't be
recognized (for fun). however.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-etcpasswd-file-format/
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Shawn Badger <
badger.shawn@gmail.com> 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?
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