passwd (the program that sets password) handles lines with
number of fields != 7
ungracefully. Instead of finding out why I have resorted to
regularly running a verification script on /etc/passwd.
(echo passwd ; awk 'BEGIN{FS=":"}{if(NF != 7) print $0 }' \
</etc/passwd ) | mail johanw
{philabs,decvax}!mcvax!enea!ttds!johanw Johan Widen