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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: prevent paralell modem connection
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In-Reply-To: <199601061403.PAA14133@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jan 6, 96 03:03:55 pm
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> > Or add a gcos field for user accounting to the passwd database.
> > 
> > If you are hacking in there, see the latest BSDI 2.x modifications
> > to the file format first.
> 
> Is there any publically available information on this?
> 
> It seems that some people from the former CSRG have completed their
> original ideas there (i.e., the ``user class'' field).  Too bad that
> they didn't release the general part into the public, as a diff to
> the 4.4Lite code.

They have doc'ed the field usage in the file format.

Consider the code their "value add".  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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