.TH auth 5 .SH Nameauth \- auth database.SH Description.NXR "auth database".NXR "auth database" "format"The .PN auth databaseis a repository of security-relevant information about eachuser of the system. This database contains the encrypted passwordassociated with the user's account in addition to a list ofassorted capabilities.The database is stored as an .MS ndbm 3databasein the files .PN /etc/auth.pag and .PN /etc/auth.dir .Records are retrievedwith the .PN getauthuidlibrary routine.  Access to the databaseis restricted to the superuser and members of the group .PN authread ..PPAuth records may be converted to an ASCII representation whose format is:.EX1000:4KvidFYwovnwp3j8lll78dC1:1920129:3600:2678400:03:0:1000:0:00:00.EEThe first field is the UID of the entry that is used as the key intothe database. Then follows:.TP 15Encrypted PasswordThis is the user's encrypted password. Whether this password or the onefrom the .PN /etc/passwd file is actually used is determined by the securitylevel that the system is running at..TP 15Password Modification TimeThis is the \fItime(2)\fP the password was last set..TP 15Minimum Password LifetimeThis is the minimum number of seconds which must elapse betweensetting passwords..TP 15Maximum Password LifetimeThis is the maximum period of time for which the password will bevalid..TP 15Account MaskThese are capabilities pertaining to the account itself.  They are:.RS 18.PP1 A_ENABLE: this account is enabled..br2 A_CHANGE_PASSWORD: The user can change his or her password..br4 A_ENTER_PASSWORD: The user is not required to use machine-generated passwords..RE.TP 15Login Failure CountThis is the count of unsuccessful login attempts since the lastsuccessful login..TP 15Audit IDPositive integer identifier used in generating audit records forthe user..TP 15Audit ControlSee the .MS audcntl 2 reference page, SET_APROC_CNTL section for moreinformation..TPAudit MaskDetermines which events will be audited for the user. See the.MS audcntl 2 and .MS audit 4reference pages for more information..SH RestrictionsOnly the superuser and members of the group.PN authreadmay read information from the auth database.  Only the superuser maymodify the auth database..SH Files.PN /etc/auth.[pag,dir].br.PN /etc/passwd.br.PN /etc/svc.conf.SH See Alsoaudcntl(2), getauthuid(3), getpwent(3), edauth(8)