[systemd-devel] systemd-timesyncd: Cannot resolve user name systemd-timesync: No such process

[Simon McVittie]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 at 15:13:00 +0100, Michael Hirmke wrote:
> Does anyone know, what "+::::::" in /etc/passwd means?

It's to do with the NSS "compat" plugin, which glues together
NIS and a traditional password file.
Look for "Compatibility mode (compat)" in
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/nsswitch.conf.5.html

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