Autzoo.379 hacknews utzoo!henry Wed Apr 8 21:59:20 1981 passwd.new, group.new /etc/passwd.new and /etc/group.new are the passwd and group files as they will be after V7 cutover. They are not installed as the passwd and the group yet because existing V7 files have ownerships matching the kludged-up current passwd and group and it's too much trouble to convert them.