passwd is a command on Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and most Unix-like operating systems used to change a user's password. The password entered by the user is...

mechanisms. These sources include local operating system files (such as /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/hosts), the Domain Name System (DNS), the Network...

in a number of important text files called databases. This includes the passwd and group databases which store user information – hence getent is a common...

the root directory, and then include the Unix password file /etc/passwd. Unix /etc/passwd is a common file used to demonstrate directory traversal, as it...

thompson ~ ] $ stat -c "%a %U:%G %n" /usr/bin/passwd 4701 root:root /usr/bin/passwd [ thompson ~ ] $ passwd passwd: Changing password for thompson The owner...

environments it often serves to distribute information kept in the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/printcap files, among others. Frequently an LDAP server...

must have GID 0. This numeric value is used to refer to groups in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files or their equivalents. Shadow password files and Network...

The gecos field, or GECOS field is a field in each record in the /etc/passwd file on Unix and similar operating systems. On UNIX, it is the 5th of 7 fields...

account. On Unix systems, local user accounts are stored in the file /etc/passwd, while user passwords may be stored at /etc/shadow in its hashed form. On...

UNIX environment, the list of users for identification is placed in /etc/passwd and secret authentication hashes in /etc/shadow. NIS adds another "global"...