1 '\" te
2 .\" Copyright (c) 2004, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
3 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
4 .\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
5 .\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
6 .\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
7 .TH PASSWD 4 "Jul 28, 2004"
8 .SH NAME
9 passwd \- password file
10 .SH SYNOPSIS
11 .LP
12 .nf
13 \fB/etc/passwd\fR
14 .fi
15
16 .SH DESCRIPTION
17 .sp
18 .LP
19 The file \fB/etc/passwd\fR is a local source of information about users'
20 accounts. The password file can be used in conjunction with other naming
21 sources, such as the \fBNIS\fR maps \fBpasswd.byname\fR and \fBpasswd.bygid\fR,
30 .nf
31 \fIusername\fR\fB:\fR\fIpassword\fR\fB:\fR\fIuid\fR\fB:\fR
32 \fIgid\fR\fB:\fR\fIgcos-field\fR\fB:\fR\fIhome-dir\fR\fB:\fR
33 \fIlogin-shell\fR
34 .fi
35 .in -2
36 .sp
37
38 .sp
39 .LP
40 where
41 .sp
42 .ne 2
43 .na
44 \fB\fIusername\fR\fR
45 .ad
46 .RS 15n
47 is the user's login name.
48 .sp
49 The login (\fBlogin\fR) and role (\fBrole\fR) fields accept a string of no more
50 than eight bytes consisting of characters from the set of alphabetic
51 characters, numeric characters, period (\fB\&.\fR), underscore (\fB_\fR), and
52 hyphen (\fB-\fR). The first character should be alphabetic and the field should
53 contain at least one lower case alphabetic character. A warning message is
54 displayed if these restrictions are not met.
55 .sp
56 The \fBlogin\fR and \fBrole\fR fields must contain at least one character and
57 must not contain a colon (\fB:\fR) or a newline (\fB\en\fR).
58 .RE
59
60 .sp
61 .ne 2
62 .na
63 \fB\fIpassword\fR\fR
64 .ad
65 .RS 15n
66 is an empty field. The encrypted password for the user is in the corresponding
67 entry in the \fB/etc/shadow\fR file. \fBpwconv\fR(1M) relies on a special value
68 of '\fBx\fR' in the password field of \fB/etc/passwd\fR. If this value
69 of '\fBx\fR' exists in the password field of \fB/etc/passwd\fR, this indicates
70 that the password for the user is already in \fB/etc/shadow\fR and should not
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1 '\" te
2 .\" Copyright (c) 2013 Gary Mills
3 .\" Copyright (c) 2004, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
4 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
5 .\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 .\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
7 .\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
8 .TH PASSWD 4 "Jul 28, 2004"
9 .SH NAME
10 passwd \- password file
11 .SH SYNOPSIS
12 .LP
13 .nf
14 \fB/etc/passwd\fR
15 .fi
16
17 .SH DESCRIPTION
18 .sp
19 .LP
20 The file \fB/etc/passwd\fR is a local source of information about users'
21 accounts. The password file can be used in conjunction with other naming
22 sources, such as the \fBNIS\fR maps \fBpasswd.byname\fR and \fBpasswd.bygid\fR,
31 .nf
32 \fIusername\fR\fB:\fR\fIpassword\fR\fB:\fR\fIuid\fR\fB:\fR
33 \fIgid\fR\fB:\fR\fIgcos-field\fR\fB:\fR\fIhome-dir\fR\fB:\fR
34 \fIlogin-shell\fR
35 .fi
36 .in -2
37 .sp
38
39 .sp
40 .LP
41 where
42 .sp
43 .ne 2
44 .na
45 \fB\fIusername\fR\fR
46 .ad
47 .RS 15n
48 is the user's login name.
49 .sp
50 The login (\fBlogin\fR) and role (\fBrole\fR) fields accept a string of no more
51 than 32 bytes consisting of characters from the set of alphabetic
52 characters, numeric characters, period (\fB\&.\fR), underscore (\fB_\fR), and
53 hyphen (\fB-\fR). The first character should be alphabetic and the field should
54 contain at least one lower case alphabetic character. A warning message is
55 displayed if these restrictions are not met.
56 .sp
57 The \fBlogin\fR and \fBrole\fR fields must contain at least one character and
58 must not contain a colon (\fB:\fR) or a newline (\fB\en\fR).
59 .RE
60
61 .sp
62 .ne 2
63 .na
64 \fB\fIpassword\fR\fR
65 .ad
66 .RS 15n
67 is an empty field. The encrypted password for the user is in the corresponding
68 entry in the \fB/etc/shadow\fR file. \fBpwconv\fR(1M) relies on a special value
69 of '\fBx\fR' in the password field of \fB/etc/passwd\fR. If this value
70 of '\fBx\fR' exists in the password field of \fB/etc/passwd\fR, this indicates
71 that the password for the user is already in \fB/etc/shadow\fR and should not
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