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1.1     ! root        1: .th PASSWD V 9/10/73
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: passwd \*- password file
        !             4: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !             5: .it Passwd
        !             6: contains for each user the
        !             7: following information:
        !             8: .s3
        !             9: .lp +10 5
        !            10: name (login name, contains no upper case)
        !            11: .lp +10 5
        !            12: encrypted password
        !            13: .lp +10 5
        !            14: numerical user ID
        !            15: .lp +10 5
        !            16: GCOS job number and box number
        !            17: .lp +10 5
        !            18: initial working directory
        !            19: .lp +10 5
        !            20: program to use as Shell
        !            21: .s3
        !            22: .i0
        !            23: This is an ASCII file.  Each field within each user's entry
        !            24: is separated from the next by a colon.
        !            25: The job and box numbers are separated by a comma.
        !            26: Each user is separated from the next by a new-line.
        !            27: If the password field is null, no password is demanded;
        !            28: if the Shell field is null, the Shell itself
        !            29: is used.
        !            30: .s3
        !            31: This file resides in directory /etc.
        !            32: Because of the encrypted
        !            33: passwords, it can and does have general read
        !            34: permission and can be used, for example,
        !            35: to map numerical user ID's to names.
        !            36: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            37: login(I), crypt(III), passwd(I)

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