PASSWD(D)                                               PASSWD(D)



NAME
       passwd - The password file

DESCRIPTION
       passwd  contains  various  pieces  of information for each
       user account.  Included is

            Login name

            Optional encrypted password

            Numerical user ID

            Numerical group ID

            User name or comment field

            User home directory

            User command interpreter

       The password field may not be filled if  shadow  passwords
       have  been  enabled.   If shadow passwords are being used,
       the encrypted password will be found in /etc/shadow.   The
       encryped  password  consists  of 13 characters from the 64
       character alphabet a thru z, A thru Z, 0 thru 9, . and  /.
       Refer to crypt(t) for details on how this string is inter-
       preted.

       The comment field is used  by  various  system  utilities,
       such as finger(r).  Three additional values may be present
       in the comment field.  They are

            pri= - set initial value of nice

            umask= - set initial value of umask

            ulimit= - set initial value of ulimit

       These fields are separated from each other  and  from  any
       other comment field by a comma.

       The  home directory field provides the name of the initial
       working directory.  Login uses this information to set the
       value of the HOME environmental variable.

       The  command  interpreter  field  provides the name of the
       user's command language interpreter, or the  name  of  the
       initial  program  to execute.  Login uses this information
       to set the value of the SHELL environmental variable.   If
       this field is empty, it defaults to the value /bin/sh.

FILES
       /etc/passwd - user account information

SEE ALSO
       login(n),   passwd(d),   su(u),   sulogin(n),   shadow(w),
       pwconv(v), pwunconv(v)

AUTHOR
       Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)



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