s_user

Purpose

     Contains security attributes of users.

Description

     The /etc/security/s_user file is a table file (see "tbl")
     that holds the security attributes of users.

     Each entry in  the user table, s_user,  has the following
     format:

          user_name:password,age:reserved:audit_flag:comment

     where:

     user_name      Contains a user  name from the /etc/passwd
                    file.

     password,age   Contains an encrypted  password plus aging
                    information.   (This   information  is  no
                    longer kept in /etc/passwd.)

     reserved       Specifies a  reserved field.  (UML  = User
                    Maximum MAC Level)

     audit_flag     Specifies the audit class:  0 for general,
                    1 for special (see the audit command).

     comment        Contains optional comments.

Files

     /etc/security/s_user
     /etc/security/s_user-
     /etc/passwd
     /etc/passwd-

Related Information

     In this book:  "tbl," and  "s_group."

     The audit and passwd commands in the AIX Operating System
     Commands Reference.

     &c2off.