On 10/21/2013 04:39 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Adam Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > I probably haven't looked at this file for years, but it contains > > named:x:40:40:added by portage for bind:/etc/bind:/sbin/nologin > #named:x:40:40:added by portage for bind:/etc/bind:/bin/bash > > #postfix:x:207:207:added by portage for > postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/sbin/nologin > postfix:x:207:207:added by portage for > postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/bin/bash > > I've now changed postfix to nologin, and since then it has restarted > cleanly and accpted new mail. > > Does anyone have similar in their passwd or is this weird? > > > I have never seen comments in my /etc/passwd file. > That would really cause some alarmbells to ring in my head. > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
I've seen comments like this when portage makes changes, specifically in /etc/portage/package.* - usually when package atoms change. Don't know why it would do that with /etc/passwd though. Maybe it's an ebuild bug? Dan
