From a5382398ec9f46e4efb649000d0f13c06a349476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michiel Broek <mbse@mbse.eu>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 19:33:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for FreeBSD 4.0 and newer

---
 unix/pw_util.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/unix/pw_util.c b/unix/pw_util.c
index e92c9e8e..e64249c0 100644
--- a/unix/pw_util.c
+++ b/unix/pw_util.c
@@ -263,6 +263,16 @@ void pw_copy(int ffd, int tfd, struct passwd *pw)
                                 goto err;
                         continue;
                 }
+		for (p = buf; *p != '\n'; p++)
+			if (*p != ' ' && *p != '\t')
+				break;
+		if (*p == '#' || *p == '\n') {
+			(void)fprintf(to, "%s", buf);
+			if (ferror(to))
+				goto err;
+			continue;
+		}
+		*p = '\0';
                 if (!(p = strchr(buf, ':'))) {
                         syslog(LOG_WARNING, "%s: corrupted entry", _PATH_MASTERPASSWD);
                         pw_error(NULL, 0, 1);