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Thanks for the reply.

> There is a copy of the file /etc/passwd stored in memory.
> This is what is used for authenification of logins. It is
> read at boot time.

Isn't that kinda inefficient?? Why waste RAM on something that isn't used that
often?? (On a personal system).

>  $ man vipw    for more information.
>

Yea I tried that, man wasn't installed. I did a minimal just to make sure it
would work. I'm doing a custom now.

Thanks,

John



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