HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 4 File Formats (vol 8)

prpwd(4) prpwd(4)

EXAMPLES

The following is an example of a typical protected password database ﬁle:

perry:u_name=perry:u_id#101:\

:u_pwd=aZXtu1kmSpEzm:\

:u_minchg#0:u_succhg#653793862:u_unsucchg#622581606:u_nullpw:\

:u_suclog#671996425:u_suctty=tty1:\

:u_unsuclog#660768767:u_unsuctty=tty1:\

:u_maxtries#3:chkent:

This protected password database ﬁle is for the user

perry. The user id for perry is 101. This value

must match the

/etc/passwd entry for this user. The account has a password and its encrypted form is

speciﬁed by the u_pwd ﬁeld.

The database ﬁle speciﬁes a minimum password change time of 0, indicating the password can be changed

at any time. Furthermore, the account is permitted to have a null password (

u_nullpw). The account has

a maximum consecutive unsuccessful login threshold of 3 attempts indicating that the account will be

locked after three failed attempts (

u_maxtries ). The remaining ﬁelds provide account information such

as the last successful and unsuccessful password change times as well as the last successful and unsuccess-

ful login times and terminal names.

AUTHOR

prpwd was developed by HP.

NOTES

The getprpwent(3) routines are used to parse the protected password database ﬁles into a structure that

can used by programs. A ﬂag in the structure indicates whether a particular ﬁeld in the structure and

hence the ﬁeld is deﬁned. System default values are also provided in the structure. These values are

derived from the /tcb/files/auth/system/default

ﬁeld and can be used by programs in the

absence of a user speciﬁc value.