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Date:      Mon, 25 Sep 1995 22:07:20 +0300 (MSK)
From:      =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su>
To:        Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@healer.com>, 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:  <oZetlPmWe6@ache.dialup.demos.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199509251447.KAA12188@healer.com>; from Coranth Gryphon at Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:47:24 -0400
References:  <199509251447.KAA12188@healer.com>

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In message <199509251447.KAA12188@healer.com> Coranth Gryphon writes:

>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?

Yes. It screws up things. Passwd automatic sorting IS NOT ALLOWED!

-- 
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