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From: ccea3@rivm.UUCP (Adri Verhoef)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.sys.att,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: 'ls -n' opens password file for reading
Message-ID: <1326@rivm05.UUCP>
Date: 5 May 89 13:45:02 GMT
Organization: RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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The command 'ls -n' fails with '/etc/passwd file cannot be
opened for reading' if the password file is missing, or it
fails with '/etc/group file cannot be opened for reading'
if the group file is missing.

-Flame on-
'ls -n' does not need to open any password or group file!
-Flame off-

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