Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:47:24 -0400 From: Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@healer.com> To: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl, julian@ref.tfs.com Cc: bugs@ns1.win.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, taob@io.org Subject: Re: Guido's pwd_mkdb improvements (fwd) Message-ID: <199509251447.KAA12188@healer.com>
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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
> you can sort the passwd on uid and name before editing it, do the same
> afterwards, get a diff, change those records and then store the version
> of the passwd file the user saved (user selected order)
There is one thing that this might break (I'm not sure, but lest ye forget).
I often use the "multiple names/passwords, single uid" system.
And since the first encountered name with that uid is considered "canonical",
might an alphabetic sorting not screw things up?
-coranth
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