1001:1001::0:0

[Gert Cuykens]

On Apr 3, 2005 8:25 PM, Dan Nelson <dnelson at allantgroup.com> wrote:
> In the last episode (Apr 03), Gert Cuykens said:
> > On Apr 3, 2005 7:57 PM, Dan Nelson <dnelson at allantgroup.com> wrote:
> > > 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).
> > >
> >
> > thx so its
> >
> > user id : group id : login class : begin date : end date
> 
> Actually:
> 
> user id : group id : login class : password expire date : account expire date
> 

doh! :)