From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 25 12:36:46 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA20183 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 25 Sep 1995 12:36:46 -0700 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA20167 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 1995 12:35:05 -0700 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA25947 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Mon, 25 Sep 1995 23:25:27 +0400 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Mon, 25 Sep 95 23:25:25 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by ache.dialup.demos.ru (8.6.11/8.6.9) id WAA01702; Mon, 25 Sep 1995 22:07:20 +0300 To: Coranth Gryphon , guido@gvr.win.tue.nl, julian@ref.tfs.com Cc: bugs@ns1.win.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, taob@io.org References: <199509251447.KAA12188@healer.com> In-Reply-To: <199509251447.KAA12188@healer.com>; from Coranth Gryphon at Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:47:24 -0400 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 22:07:20 +0300 (MSK) X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.40 FreeBSD] From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: Guido's pwd_mkdb improvements (fwd) Lines: 20 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 961 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <199509251447.KAA12188@healer.com> Coranth Gryphon writes: >From: Julian Elischer >> 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! -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849