Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2001 09:56:30 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Tim Van Holder <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
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Subject:	Re: Re-Submit: add extra fields to structs group and passwd
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On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Tim Van Holder wrote:

> Since Linux returns the empty string for a group's
> passwd, I expect it's OK to return that for a user's
> passwd as well (an alternative would be 'x', which is
> returned if a shadowed user database is used).

Empty passwords?  Isn't it better to return some string, like
"password"?  We do similar things with username and group.

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