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- .th PASSWD V 9/10/73
- .sh NAME
- passwd \*- password file
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Passwd
- contains for each user the
- following information:
- .s3
- .lp +10 5
- name (login name, contains no upper case)
- .lp +10 5
- encrypted password
- .lp +10 5
- numerical user ID
- .lp +10 5
- numerical group ID (for now, always 1)
- .lp +10 5
- GCOS job number, box number, optional GCOS user-id
- .lp +10 5
- initial working directory
- .lp +10 5
- program to use as Shell
- .s3
- .i0
- 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.
- .s3
- 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.
- .sh FILES
- /etc/passwd
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- login (I), crypt (III), passwd (I), group (V)
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