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Re: Login name in Sid



Am 2008-10-16 16:34:20, schrieb Frank McCormick:
>     I lied <grin> First time I checked I grepped as a user...which would
> not allow me to read the passwd file. When I did a sudo grep...I saw my

Thats wron, /etc/passwd is world readable, otherwise you  would  not  be
able to login.

> realname in the file was "comment" - don't ask how it got there because
> I dunno. In addition I couldn't change it the normal way..so I had to go
> in and actually edit the file. Weird.

;-)

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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