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: