Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> 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.
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