Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!auspex!guy
From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Comments in /etc/passwd
Keywords: passwd
Message-ID: <809@auspex.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 18:55:33 GMT
References: <18759@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>	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 version of UNIX that I know of treats lines in "/etc/passwd" that
begin with "#" specially.  I'd suggest you not put comments in
"/etc/passwd".