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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: fingerd fixed (was Re: pmake on NeXT)
Message-ID: <1408@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 7 Mar 91 02:05:44 GMT
References: <8700@plains.NoDak.edu> <12242@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <8168@umd5.umd.edu>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <8168@umd5.umd.edu> matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) writes:
>                    The /etc/passwd file is read during bootstrap, so
>deleting it might not have been wise.

Ain't nothin' but root happening when the machine's booting.

You only need /etc/passwd if you're running YP (er, NIS) or using
GatorShare (and that's only because of a minor stupidity on their
part).
					-=EPS=-