> Because _this_ file is the one which is occupying the problematic
> sectors, I imagine. One thing you could do is to rename the password
> file and then copy it back, so that you are now using a different area
> of the disk.
"strace passwd" shows that passwd copies /etc/passwd into /etc/passwd-,
builds a new file /etc/passwd+, rm's /etc/passwd, then renames
/etc/passwd+ to /etc/passwd -- I'd not expect ext2fs to put the new
/etc/password on the same sector.
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