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Date:      Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:57:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Philipp  <philipp@globalserve.net>
To:        Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
Cc:        Paulo Fragoso <paulo@nlink.com.br>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Finger and getpwent
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710185602.11754K-100000@geeklab.globalserve.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710152135.2887E-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>

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On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Tom wrote:

> > Yes /etc/master.passwd is used for pwd_mkdb to build the databases so it
> > serves a purpose other than that I can't think of any.
> 
>   More.  It is also used by chpass, pw, etc.

These binaries exec() pwd_mkdb, so they don't count.

Peter


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