This article summarizes the major differences between AIX and 4.3 BSD systems.
Records can vary in length and are terminated by a line feed.
A stanza is a set of related pieces of information stored in a group of several lines. Each piece of information has a label to make the contents of the file more understandable. AIX also supports dbm versions of password and user information. Alternatively, you can use the ODM commands directly to view these files. Altering ODM files incorrectly may cause the system to fail, and may prevent you from successfully restarting the system.