Questions tagged [etcpasswd]
A file found on UNIX-based systems containing valuable information about the system's user accounts.
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What's all those users in the /etc/passwd file?
The /etc/passwd is supposed to have a line for every user on the system. Amongst the common username and root there is a bunch of other users. Some examples:
timidity:x:114:127:TiMidity++ MIDI ...
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What are the commas in my /etc/passwd file?
There are weird commas after the real-name parameter of some lines in my /etc/passwd file.
kye:x:1000:100:Kye,,,:/home/kye:/bin/bash
What gives? Why are they there? Can I remove them?
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