daveh@marob.MASA.COM (Dave Hammond) (11/14/88)
In the latest SCO release (2.3.1), placing a blank line in /etc/passwd
causes the file to be truncated at that point (wiping out all entries below
the blank line) the next time 'passwd' is run.
I'm sure this is a repair for a related "feature" found in previous
releases, but was truncating the remainder of the file thought to be
the best possible solution? Since the file obviously has to be recreated,
why not just skip blank lines when building the temp file?
Dave Hammond
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