From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 34225-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34225: 27.0.50; Add passwd backups to etc-passwd-generic-mode
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:19:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnsg357o.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jj7eeo1x0q.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:01:57 -0500")
>>> I don't know why backups /etc/passwd- use the suffix '-' instead of '~'
>>
>> It does? I seem to be unable to reproduce this:
>>
>> (make-backup-file-name "/etc/passwd")
>> => "/etc/passwd~"
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
> These are non-Emacs backups. See eg "man 5 shadow".
>
> /etc/shadow-
> Backup file for /etc/shadow.
>
> Note that this file is used by the tools of the shadow toolsuite,
> but not by all user and password management tools.
Yes, and "man 5 passwd" shows the same:
/etc/passwd-
Backup file for /etc/passwd.
So I installed the patch to master.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-01-28 20:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-27 20:34 bug#34225: 27.0.50; Add passwd backups to etc-passwd-generic-mode Juri Linkov
2019-01-28 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-01-28 18:01 ` Glenn Morris
2019-01-28 20:19 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2019-01-28 20:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
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