What I was trying to do is arange my passwd file by departments, like this:
############## accounting dept ############### user1:x:............. user2:x:.............. user3:x:....... ############## Developmet dept ################ user1:x:............. user2:x:.............. user3:x:....... ############## Research dept ################ user1:x:............. user2:x:.............. user3:x:....... -=[cwa]=- On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Wes Wannemacher wrote: :)On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:58:28PM -0500, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: :)> :)> A general question (i.e. not Debian specific) about :)> the /etc/passwd file. Can "comment" lines (i.e "#") :)> or "blank" lines be inserted into the /etc/passwd file :)> w/o causing havoc on a Linux system? :)> :) :)Blank lines are a definite no-no. There is a comment section of the :)standard entry. Is this space insufficient? If you need more :)functionality, you may need to take a look at LDAP. Even though it :)doesn't work well with Debian. :)Here at the University we store all user account information in a MySQL :)database. We run scripts frequently to update our debian systems with :)the appropriate data from the database. If you implement a solution like :)this, you can add / change the MySQL any way you want, just make sure :)that your scripts only update the /etc/passwd file appropriately. :) :)->W :) :) -- Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com : A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station........
