Subject: bin/2420: Strange passwd file entries hang quotacheck
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Neil J. McRae <neil@easynet.co.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/16/1996 10:22:07
>Number:         2420
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Strange password file entries hang quotacheck
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 16 05:35:05 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Neil J. McRae
>Organization:
Easynet Group plc
>Release:        Current.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD NetBSD.easynet.co.uk 1.1B NetBSD 1.1B (NETBSD) #0: Fri Apr 26 10:52:05 BST 1996 neil@NetBSD.easynet.co.uk:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/NETBSD i386


>Description:
	I have:

	seperator:*:-1:-1::0:0:*:/dev/null:*

	In my /etc/master.passwd, this causes quotacheck to spin.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Add the above and run quotacheck.

>Fix:
	I'm not sure if this is a bug. but I thought it would be worth
	while noting in the database incase anyone else has this problem.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: