From: noel.hunt@gmail.com (Noel Hunt)
Subject: [TUHS] History of passwd fullname/info/"gecos" field (was Re: pre-UNIX legacy in UNIX?)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:07:46 +1100 [thread overview]
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On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Random832 <random832 at fastmail.com> wrote:
> AUSAM contains extensive modifications to the code around the passwd
> handling - it uses a binary hashtable-based passwd database, with separate
> first and last name fields and a "staff or student number" (referred to in
> code as "other").
>
And I have a dim memory that when we started using Eight Edition (at
Basser) the password file was a mounted process.
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-19 6:00 [TUHS] pre-UNIX legacy in UNIX? Nigel Williams
2017-12-19 6:21 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2017-12-19 7:07 ` Don Hopkins
2017-12-19 18:21 ` Grant Taylor
2017-12-19 19:05 ` Ralph Corderoy
2017-12-19 20:03 ` Grant Taylor
2017-12-19 20:14 ` arnold
2017-12-19 22:30 ` [TUHS] History of passwd fullname/info/"gecos" field (was Re: pre-UNIX legacy in UNIX?) Random832
2017-12-20 3:07 ` Noel Hunt [this message]
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