comments in /eetc/passwd and group

[Lisa Kachold]

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 at 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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