Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:58:05 +0200 (SAST) From: khetan gajjar <khetan@os.org.za> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/13223: passwd and other tools blert on comments in master.passwd Message-ID: <199908181158.NAA17078@chain.freebsd.os.org.za>
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>Number: 13223 >Category: bin >Synopsis: passwd and other tools blert on comments in master.passwd >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 18 05:00:01 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Khetan H. Gajjar >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: OS Users Group >Environment: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT PC, but seen on 2.2.x and 3.x releases as well. >Description: It is possible to add comments in the master.passwd file (using vipw), and have authentication work perfectly. passwd however doesn't like this. Removing the comments allows passwd to work perfectly again. >How-To-Repeat: vipw Add a few comments between the password entries i.e #these are user accounts ..user account details.. #these are system accounts ..system account deatils.. etc Change passwords >Fix: Unknown - either don't allow comments, or fix passwd to ignore them >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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