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Date:      Sat, 21 Aug 1999 16:19:36 -0700
From:      Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc
Message-ID:  <37BF3408.FBC9409E@gorean.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908210406030.38519-100000@toy.chip-web.com>

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Ludwig Pummer wrote:
> 
> I'm no longer sure that /etc/passwd is needed, since
> pwd.db is what the system uses.

	It's still good to have it around. I've run some software in the past that
barfed if it couldn't read directly from /etc/passwd, and it was darn
tricky to debug too. 

Doug


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