>Are these annoying anyone else :) ?
>
>Whenever a user  edits information with chfn, their
>entries in /etc/passwd change from
>
>rasputin:*:<UID>:<GID>:Rasputin:<HOMEDIR>:<SHELL>
>
>to:
>
>rasputin:*:<UID>:<GID>:Rasputin,,,:<HOMEDIR>:<SHELL>
>
>(if you leave your phone nunmber, etc blank)
>
>This 'trailing comma' pattern looks a bit rough in mails, etc.
>and if you want to fix this, you need root.

afaik, those commas have been there for a looong time.  it might be
easier to fix the mail client that's getting it wrong.  if it knows to
look up gecos, it ought to know to look for commas in it.

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