Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 16:47:27 -0500 From: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.nodak.edu> To: current@freefall.FreeBSD.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: getgrent() and spaces.. Message-ID: <199509012147.QAA09179@plains.nodak.edu>
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> My question is, before I perhaps dive and try to fix it, is if it's a > feature or a bug? Whitespace sensitivity is generally not a good > thing in configuration files, but there are limits to what one should > go through in order to deal with it, yes? it is a bad thing, but spaces are legal in an account name. If you remove the space sensitivity from a configuration file that holds account names, then you have to remove the spaces from legal account names, or (figuratively) next week someone will stumble across this and file a bug report. --mark.
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