Wednesday, December 7, 2011

What are seven fields in the Ubuntu Linux Password file

What are seven fields in the /etc/passwd file (Ubuntu Linux Password file)

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username:x:UID:GID:comment:home directory:shell

"username" is login name.
"x" is link of password.
"UID" stands for userID.
"GID" stands for groupID.

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