Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 12:57:55 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1001:1001::0:0 Message-ID: <20050403175755.GH83737@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <ef60af090504031054466fd559@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af090504031054466fd559@mail.gmail.com>
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In the last episode (Apr 03), Gert Cuykens said: > what does 1001:1001::0:0 in vipw mean ? > > i thought 1001 is the user id ? And 0 the x screen : 0 the x display? > Why are there 2 times 1001 written ? The passwd manpage explains it (man 5 passwd). The first two numbers are the uid and primary gid, the next empty field is the login class (see the login.conf manpage), and the next two fields are the password and account expiry times (which are currently unused). -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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