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From: chongo@nsc.uucp (Curt Noll)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: passwd and /etc/passwd
Message-ID: <366@nsc.uucp>
Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 18:52:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: nsc.366
Posted: Mon Aug 29 18:52:20 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 31-Aug-83 21:09:34 EDT
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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if `*` is the first character in the gcos field of /etc/passwd, running
passwd will remove it in 4.1.  why?

chongo /\../\