passwd(4)                                                         passwd(4)

NAME
     passwd - password file

DESCRIPTION
     The file /etc/passwd contains the following information for each user:

     -  login name

     -  dummy password

     -  numerical user ID

     -  numerical group ID

     -  comment

     -  initial working directory

     -  program to use as shell

     passwd is an ASCII file. Each field within each user's entry is sepa-
     rated from the next by a colon. The comment field can contain any
     desired information. Each user is separated from the next by a new
     line. If the shell field is null, /usr/bin/sh is used.

     This file has user login information and general read permission. It
     can therefore be used, for example, to map numerical user IDs to
     names.

     The password field consists of the character x. This field remains
     only for compatibility reasons. Password information is contained in
     the file /etc/shadow [see shadow(4)].

FILES
     /etc/passwd

     /etc/shadow

SEE ALSO
     login(1), passwd(1), pwconv(1M), useradd(1M), userdel(1M),
     usermod(1M), a64l(3C), getpwent(3C), putpwent(3C), group(4), sha-
     dow(4), unistd(4).













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