PASSWD
Section: File Formats (5)
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NAME
passwd - password file
DESCRIPTION
Passwd
contains for each user the
following information:
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- name (login name, contains no upper case)
-
- encrypted password
-
- numerical user ID
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- numerical group ID
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- GCOS job number, box number, optional GCOS user-id
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- initial working directory
-
- program to use as Shell
This is an ASCII file. Each field within each user's entry
is separated from the next by a colon.
The GCOS field is used only when communicating with that
system, and in other installations can contain
any desired information.
Each user is separated from the next by a new-line.
If the password field is null, no password is demanded;
if the Shell field is null, the Shell itself
is used.
This file resides in directory /etc.
Because of the encrypted
passwords, it can and does have general read
permission and can be used, for example,
to map numerical user ID's to names.
FILES
/etc/passwd
SEE ALSO
getpwent(3), login(1), crypt(3), passwd(1), group(5)
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