[ale] /etc/passwd-, /etc/group-, etc....

[Jerry Z. Yu]

	I believe they are backup copies updated by passwd/usermod/gpasswd 
or alike. One can live with them.

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, John Wells wrote:

#Anyone know what the following files are used for?
#
#/etc/group-
#/etc/gshadow-
#/etc/passwd-
#/etc/shadow-
#
#Please note the '-' at the end.
#
#If they're generated in some way from the regular versions, is there a way
#to regenerate them?
#
#Thanks,
#
#John
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Jerry Z. Yu				+1-404-487-8544 (O)
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