notes@ucf-cs.UUCP (06/19/85)
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 uucp: {decvax,akgua,duke}!ucf-cs!goldfarb ARPA: goldfarb.ucf-cs@csnet.relay.CSNET csnet: goldfarb@ucf.CSNET