| 11/3/71 | PASSWD (V) |
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| NAME |
passwd -- password file |
| SYNOPSIS |
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| DESCRIPTION |
passwd contains for each user the following information: |
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| name (login name)password numerical user IDdefault working directory program to use as Shell This is an ASCII file. Each field within each a user'sentry is separated from the next by a colon. Each user is separated from the next by a new--line. If the passwordfield is null, no password is demanded; if the Shell field is null, the Shell itself is used. |
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| This file, naturally, is inaccessible to anyone but thesuper--user. |
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| This file resides in directory /etc. |
| FILES |
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| SEE_ALSO |
/etc/init |
| DIAGNOSTICS |
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| BUGS |
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| OWNER |
super--user |
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