From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 17:57:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B38CE16A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:57:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2836243D41 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:57:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.3) id j33Hvt1C088663; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 12:57:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 12:57:55 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Gert Cuykens Message-ID: <20050403175755.GH83737@dan.emsphone.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1001:1001::0:0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:57:56 -0000 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