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From: notes@ucf-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Corrupted /etc/passwd question.
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 23:24:28 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 18 23:24:28 1985
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Nf-From: ucf-cs!goldfarb    Jun 18 10:06:00 1985

If /etc/password is getting corrupted by /bin/passwd, the first thing
I'd look for is an entry or entries in /etc/password with less than the
required number of fields.  Any such lines are guaranteed to create
havoc when /etc/passwd is operated upon.

				Ben Goldfarb
				University of Central Florida
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