Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mimsy!umd5!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Putting comments in /etc/passwd; is there a 'better' way? Message-ID: <6063@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 17:33:52 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6063 Posted: Sun Jul 5 17:33:52 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 22:48:38 EDT References: <1320@ssc-vax.UUCP> <1015@unisec.usi.com> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 8 In article <1015@unisec.usi.com> dpw@unisec.USI.COM (Darryl P. Wagoner) writes: >getpwent(3) routines parses(sp) the password file without reading each line >into a strings first. getpwent(3) and kin were improved quite a while ago in UNIX System V. I won't claim that it's perfect yet, but it makes it much harder to accidentally turn a slightly misformatted /etc/passwd into a gaping security hole.