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sun4 [8.1.0]: /etc/passwd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Fri May 16 00:14:06 1997
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:13:56 -0400
To: testers@MIT.EDU
Cc: jweiss@MIT.EDU
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
System name: bobbi-harlow.MIT.EDU
Type and version: SPARC/4 8.1.0 (with mkserv)
Display type: cgthree
What were you trying to do?
figure out why things were in a ps listing without usernames
What went wrong?
somethign broke /etc/passwd
bobbi-harlow:~: cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
jweiss:x:11268:101:Jonathon Weiss,,E40-339,30253,4972189:/mit/jweiss:/bin/athena/tcsh
What should have happened?
something that looked a lot more like passwd.local
bobbi-harlow:~: cat /etc/passwd.local
root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/bin/athena/tcsh
daemon:x:1:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:
bin:x:2:2:0000-Admin(0000):/usr/bin:
sys:x:3:3:0000-Admin(0000):/:
adm:x:4:4:0000-Admin(0000):/var/adm:
lp:x:71:8:0000-lp(0000):/usr/spool/lp:
smtp:x:0:0:mail daemon user:/:
uucp:x:5:5:0000-uucp(0000):/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:9:9:0000-uucp(0000):/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
pop:x:50:101:Post Office Protocol,,,,:/var/spool/pop:/dev/null
discuss:x:32000:101:Discuss System,,,,:/var/spool/discuss:/dev/null
nobody:x:60001:60001:uid no body:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:uid no access:/:
warlord:*:9661:101:Derek Atkins,N1NWH,CHL3-2220,5084420583,:/mit/warlord:/afs/sipb/project/tcsh/tcsh
ghudson:*:3622:101:Greg Hudson,,E40-342d,30825,5765561:/mit/ghudson:/afs/sipb/project/tcsh/betatcsh
Yo, got any documentation, or other info?
Greg thought it was cleanup that was at fault
