Error in password file?
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mellertson at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 23:15:40 UTC 2012
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On 02/09/2012 05:01 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Using "cat" can also tell you something. If you (as root) do "cat
> /etc/passwd", make sure that the command prompt appears IMMEDIATELY
> after the data. If there's a blank line between the output and the
> prompt, you have a blank line at the end of the file.
>
Just so you know, /etc/passwd is world readable. So it works even if
you are not root.
Mikkel
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