Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/passwd entry query

[Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com>]

On 10/21/2013 04:39 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> 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.
> -- 
> 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