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GECOS fields are mandatory. You may just ignore them for your daemons.
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GECOS fields are mandatory. You may just ignore them for your daemons.
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- rascul 7mo agoIn what cases are they mandatory? I've been leaving them blank for decades.
- subscribed 7mo agoTheir existence is mandatory (see:/etc/passwd format). You're free to ignore them/leave empty unless your server's policies say otherwise.