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 passwd(FP)                     6 January 1993                     passwd(FP)


 Name

    passwd - password entry structure

 Syntax


    #include <pwd.h>


 Description

    The passwd structure contains the following fields for SVID:

    _________________________________________________________________________
    Member                   Description
    _________________________________________________________________________
    char *pw_name;           /* login name                   */
    char *__pw_passwd;       /* password                     */
    int   pw_uid;            /* user ID                      */


    int   pw_gid;            /* group ID                     */
    char *pw_age;            /* age of pw_passwd             */
    char *pw_comment;        /* user information             */
    char *pw_gecos;          /* historical field             */
    char *pw_dir;            /* user's login directory       */
    char *pw_shell;          /* user's login shell           */


    For XPG3 and POSIX the structure definition is as follows:

    _________________________________________________________________________
    Member                    Description
    _________________________________________________________________________
    char *pw_name;            /* login name                  */
    char *pw_passwd;          /* password                    */
    uid_t pw_uid;             /* user ID                     */
    short __pad1;             /* padded space                */
    int   pw_gid;             /* group ID                    */
    short __pad2;             /* padded space                */
    char *__pw_age;           /* age of pw_passwd            */
    char *__pw_comment;       /* user information            */
    char *__pw_gecos;         /* historical field            */
    char *pw_dir;             /* user's login directory      */
    char *pw_shell;           /* user's login shell          */


    When neither XPG3 or POSIX is defined, the comment field can contain the
    following information defined in the comment structure:

    _________________________________________________________________________
    Member              Description
    _________________________________________________________________________
    char *c_dept;       /* user's department                 */
    char *c_name;       /* user's name                       */
    char *c_acct;       /* user's account                    */
    char *c_bin;        /* user's output storage bin ID      */


    The pwgecos member is interpreted in the same way as the pwcomment
    member.  The acronym ``gecos'' stands for General Electric Comprehensive
    Operating System.  The pwgecos member is used only as a comment.

    Required fields

    The SVID (Issue 2) passwd(BA_ENV) routine specifies that only the
    encrypted password, GID, and shell fields can be empty.  XPG2 passwd(4)
    is identical.  Both standards specify that the comment field is implemen-
    tation specific, as does this implementation of the Development System.
    Neither POSIX nor XPG3 specifies file formats.

    In summary:

    _________________________________________________________________________
                  SVID-2/      SCO           SCO            SCO
    Member        XPG2         XENIX 2.2     XENIX 2.3      UNIX
    _________________________________________________________________________
    pw_name          r             e             e           e
    pw_passwd        e             e             e           e
    pw_uid           r             e             r           r
    pw_gid           e             e             r           r
    pw_gecos         e             e             e           e
    pw_dir           r             e             e           e
    pw_shell         e             e             e           e
    (rest)           i             i             i           i

    Where:

         r       = required

         e       = may be empty

         i       = ignored

         (rest)  = Any fields after the login shell pathname


    None of the standards states whether spaces are allowed in front of the
    UID or GID, but both SCO UNIX and XENIX 2.3 allow spaces.

    /etc/passwd entries

    The information in the passwd structure is used to create an entry in the
    /etc/passwd that is parsed with the fgetpwent(S) routine.  Each member in
    the structure in which data is present is placed in the password file
    entry separated by colons, as shown in this example:

       rufusf:*:203:50:Rufus T. Firefly:/usr/rufusf:/bin/sh

    In this case, the members shown are, respectively, pwname, pwpasswd,
    pwuid, pwgid, pwcomment, pwdir, and pwshell.  When an asterisk is
    present in the pwpasswd member, the password is handled by a security
    scheme.  Refer to the System Administrator's Guide for more information
    on password security.
    The full length of an /etc/passwd entry cannot exceed BUFSIZ characters.


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