comments in /eetc/passwd and group

[Shawn Badger]

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 at 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 at shubes.net
> > <mailto:ejs at 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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