What do the Cygwin passwd file entry sections mean?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

On 3/5/2010 10:06 AM, scotch123 wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> My apologies for the newbie question.
>
> I've been looking for an explanation of what each section of a Cygwin
> /etc/passwd/ user entry means, specifically the segments between the user
> name and the home directory and bash shell:
>
> corinna:unused:11001:11125:U-BAR\corinna,S-1-5-21-2913048732-1697188782-3448811101-1001:/home/corinna:/bin/tcsh
>
> I can't seem to find what the three things in the middle are.
>
> I want to write up a how-to for a co-worker that explains what each segment
> is before explaining how to change a user's home directory path from the
> Unix default to the Windows/Cygwin notation that goes to their webroot
> folder so they can use SFTP.
>
> If someone could explain, or direct me to an explanation, I'd be grateful.

Wrong list.  This is not a Cygwin-X question.  Please send requests about
Cygwin to the main list.  Only questions, issues, or comments regarding
Cygwin-X should go to this list.

To answer your question, the main information for this you can get from
Linux/UNIX sources: <http://linux.die.net/man/5/passwd>.

The Cygwin-specific parts you can get from the Users Guide:

<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-files>

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