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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: adduser(8) incomplete (with fix)
Message-ID: <5048@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 17:47:46 EST
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Index:		man8/adduser.8 Fix

Description:
	The adduser(8) manual page fails to warn against establishing login
	names that appear in the "/usr/lib/aliases" file.

Repeat-By:
	Creating a user whose name appears in "/usr/lib/aliases" but not in
	"/etc/passwd" (for example, "mct" in 4.1bsd as distributed)
	and mailing something to the user.

Fix:
	ed adduser.8
	/etc/c
	.I /etc/passwd
	or
	.IR /usr/lib/aliases .
	.
	w
	q
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