USERS(6) USERS(6)
NAME
users - file server user list format
DESCRIPTION
The permanent file servers each maintain a private list of
users and groups, in /adm/users by convention. Each line in
the file has the format
num:name:leader:members
where num is a decimal integer, name and leader are print-
able strings excluding the characters `?', `=', `+', `-',
`/', and `:', and members is a comma-separated list of such
strings. Such a line defines a user and a group with the
given name; the group has a group leader given by leader and
group members given by the user names in members. The leader
field may be empty, in which case any group member is a
group leader. The members field may be empty.
Lines beginning with `#' are ignored.
The num in a line is a number used internally by a file
server; there should be no duplicate nums in the file. A
negative num is special: a user with a negative num cannot
attach to the file server. The file /adm/users itself is
owned by user adm, having a negative num, and write pro-
tected to others, so it can only be changed via console com-
mands.
SEE ALSO
intro(5), stat(5)
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