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1.1       root        1: .pa 1
                      2: .he 'PASSWD (V)'12/11/72'PASSWD (V)'
                      3: .ti 0
                      4: NAME           passwd  --  password file
                      5: .sp
                      6: .ti 0
                      7: DESCRIPTION    passwd______
                      8: contains for each user the
                      9: following information:
                     10: 
                     11:    name (login name, contains no upper case)
                     12:    encrypted password
                     13:    numerical user ID
                     14:    GCOS job number and box number
                     15:    initial working directory
                     16:    program to use as Shell
                     17: 
                     18: This is an ASCII file.  Each field within each user's entry
                     19: is separated from the next by a colon.
                     20: The job and box numbers are separated by a comma.
                     21: Each user is separated from the next by a new-line.
                     22: If the password field is null, no password is demanded;
                     23: if the Shell field is null, the Shell itself
                     24: is used.
                     25: 
                     26: This file resides in directory /etc.
                     27: Because of the encrypted
                     28: passwords, it can and does have general read
                     29: permission and can be used, for example,
                     30: to map numerical user ID's to names.
                     31: .sp
                     32: .ti 0
                     33: SEE ALSO       login(I), crypt(III), passwd(I)

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