Bug 13223

Summary: passwd and other tools blert on comments in master.passwd
Product: Base System Reporter: khetan gajjar <khetan>
Component: binAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4.0-CURRENT   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description khetan gajjar 1999-08-18 13:00:01 UTC 
It is possible to add comments in the master.passwd file (using
vipw), and have authentication work perfectly. passwd however
doesn't like this. Removing the comments allows passwd to work
perfectly again.

Fix: 

Unknown - either don't allow comments, or fix passwd to ignore them
How-To-Repeat: 
vipw
Add a few comments between the password entries
i.e
#these are user accounts
..user account details..
#these are system accounts
..system account deatils..
etc

Change passwords
Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1999-08-19 12:37:04 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Problem fixed in STABLE on 1999/07/29.