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Subject: Re: Do we need both /nonexistent and /var/empty in /etc/passwd?
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> You need to read hier(7).
> 
> ;)
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> ~Paul
> 

Thanks for the pointer.  I'd forgotten about that page <headslap>.

As I suspect its historical, I've deleted /var/empty and restarting 
services to see if its actually needed. It'll take a few days but so 
far, no impact.  If all ok, then I'll just sed /etc/master.passwd.
Cheers.