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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uchinews!ellis!lie6
  3. From: lie6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Jonathan Lieberman)
  4. Subject: NFS -- where do files really live?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov23.035432.13490@midway.uchicago.edu>
  6. Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
  7. Reply-To: lie6@midway.uchicago.edu
  8. Organization: The University of Chicago
  9. Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:54:32 GMT
  10. Lines: 14
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  13. The other day I was poking around and I noticed the the /etc/passwd was
  14. very small. Since there are some 3000+ users this struck me as odd. less
  15. /etc/passwd reveal that there were only some 10-20 users listed there.
  16. All were admin type accounts.
  17.  
  18. Where do the files live?
  19.  
  20. NFS -- I am so confused...
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  22. ____________________________________________________________________________
  23.                             | People demand freedom of speech to make up 
  24. Jonathan Lieberman          | for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
  25. lie6@midway.uchicago.edu    |                        -Kierkegaard
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