Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site telesoft.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!telesoft!jay From: jay@telesoft.UUCP (Jay Schlegel @eldest) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards Subject: Passwd File Checker Message-ID: <152@telesoft.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 15:13:32 EDT Article-I.D.: telesoft.152 Posted: Fri Jun 28 15:13:32 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 07:04:20 EDT Organization: TeleSoft, SanDiego CA Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.unix:4925 net.unix-wizards:13689 Greetings, Recently several articles have appeared in net.unix and/or net.unix- wizards regarding grunged passwd files. We've had a recurring problem of trashed lines in /etc/passwd which would rampantly propagate eventually filling the file system. This is to announce that I will be posting to net.sources a little C program that's inexpensive to run from cron, and will warn of a grunged format as well as unapproved root uid's. The root entry is also checked for valid password and shell fields. For more information, please refer to the net.sources posting. Jay Schlegel -- sdcsvax!telesoft!jay "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little lives are rounded with a sleep"