User authentication profiles are stored in these directories based on the first letter of the user account name. This enables an efficient search operation to locate the file for a specific user name. Fields defined in a file are user specific values. These values override the system default values. Trusted programs check first for the existence of user specific parameters before using a system default value.
Field specification is consistent for all system authentication databases.
This field contains the encrypted password for the account if the account has a password. If the boot authenticate flag is not set in the system default file then this field is not used. This field contains the audit ID for the user. This field contains the audit flag for the user. This field specifies the minimum password change time in seconds.