PWFILE(5)

NAME
pwfile - user security clearances file

DESCRIPTION
The file is used by session(1) to authorize clearances. Each (valid) line contains the following fields, separated by colons:

    name
    encrypted password
    SNK key
    process license (unused)
    clearance (maximum ceiling)

The license and label fields are in the form understood by labtoa(3); thus the label field may contain white space. Lines with fewer than five fields are ignored.

The name field contains a user name for option -u of It is customary, but not necessary, for `users' in pwfile also to be registered in passwd(5).

The label field gives the maximum permissible label for option -l, and the ceiling label otherwise.

Because this file ultimately determines which users may access which data, it is not generally writable by the public.

FILES

SEE ALSO
getplab(2), session(1), passwd(1), pwserv(8), pwquery(3)