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!!!PASSWD |
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NAME |
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DESCRIPTION |
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FILES |
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SEE ALSO |
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AUTHOR |
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!!NAME |
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passwd - The password file |
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!!DESCRIPTION |
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''passwd'' contains various pieces of information for |
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each user account. Included is |
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Login name |
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Optional encrypted password |
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Numerical user ID |
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Numerical group ID |
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User name or comment field |
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User home directory |
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User command interpreter |
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The password field may not be filled if shadow passwords |
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have been enabled. If shadow passwords are being used, the |
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encrypted password will be found in ''/etc/shadow''. The |
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encryped password consists of 13 characters from the 64 |
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character alphabet a thru z, A thru Z, 0 thru 9, . and /. |
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Refer to crypt(3) for details on how this string is |
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interpreted. |
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The comment field is used by various system utilities, such |
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as finger(1). Three additional values may be present |
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in the comment field. They are |
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pri= - set initial value of nice |
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umask= - set initial value of umask |
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ulimit= - set initial value of ulimit |
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These fields are separated from each other and from any |
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other comment field by a comma. |
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The home directory field provides the name of the initial |
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working directory. __Login__ uses this information to set |
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the value of the __HOME__ environmental |
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variable. |
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The command interpreter field provides the name of the |
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user's command language interpreter, or the name of the |
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initial program to execute. __Login__ uses this |
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information to set the value of the __SHELL__ |
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environmental variable. If this field is empty, it defaults |
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to the value __/bin/sh__. |
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!!FILES |
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/etc/passwd - user account information |
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!!SEE ALSO |
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login(1), passwd(1), su(1), |
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sulogin(8), shadow(5), pwconv(8), |
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pwunconv(8) |
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!!AUTHOR |
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com) |
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