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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Comments in /etc/passwd
Keywords: passwd
Message-ID: <9288@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 6 Jan 89 04:44:11 GMT
References: <18759@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <18759@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> barn@paxton.ced.berkeley.edu (Gary Barnette) writes:
>	Can somone tell me if it is OK to have comments ( #... )
>	in /etc/passwd. Passwd(5) doesn't tell me. Running
>	BSD 4.2 version 3.2 on Suns.

No!!!  The first time someone uses /bin/passwd to change his password,
you'll have a password-free superuser account created on your system.