Re: comments in /eetc/passwd and group

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Author: Shawn Badger
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: comments in /eetc/passwd and group
So far in testing I haven't found any issues that have shown up yet, but we
are still testing.



On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Trent Shipley <> wrote:

> If you have a lab computer you could experiment.
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> Save passd to passd.bak or whatever.
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> Alter the file to include comments.
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> Test by trying to log into another account on another virtual terminal
> or x session.
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> If you fail you still have a good session to swap the files back.
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> Shawn Badger wrote:
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> > 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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