5.4 ls -l output - format and content5 Class notes5.2 Week 2 - Labor Day Week5.3 Password File Entry

5.3 Password File Entry

The password file entry is used by many processes on a UNIX system. The most obvious is the login sequence. Others that use it are shells (for looking up user names and directories) and the ls command (for looking up user names). An example /etc/passwd file entry follows:

ltaber:IOVa/L/AmhI3U:505:10:Louis Taber:/home/ltaber:/bin/tcsh

I have shortened this entry so it fits on a screen. I will look at each field in turn. Note that the fields are delimited with ":", colons.


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5.4 ls -l output - format and content5 Class notes5.2 Week 2 - Labor Day Week5.3 Password File Entry