I think it's generally just a bad practice. I don't believe these files
aren't intended to be edited directly, although I'm personally guilty of
doing so on occasion.
That being said, I think the best way to know what will happen is to
look at the source code.
Shawn Badger wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: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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