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06-25-2004, 10:16 AM	#1
secprovider Member Registered: Jul 2003 Distribution: Debian sarge Posts: 40 Rep:	/etc/passwd entry In some /etc/passwd files, I came across the following line. server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash domainfactory:x:502:502::/home/domainfactory:/bin/bash This line does not satisfy with the default syntax. Is something wrong with this or anything else?

06-25-2004, 10:55 AM	#2
ppuru Senior Member Registered: Mar 2003 Location: Beautiful BC Distribution: RedHat & clones, Slackware, SuSE, OpenBSD Posts: 1,791 Rep:	run pwck

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