[generalizations]

I've wondered why we don't have a passwd.d folder, the way we do with other things in the UNIX filesystem, with individual user accounts represented by individual files. Could even retain the same line-oriented format, just stored separately.

[sznio]

I think a directory of 10000 files is worse than a file of 10000 lines.

[generalizations]

Maybe, but account synchronization across machines might be a lot simpler and easier.