What is a 'system account file'?

[Detlef Lechner]

Hi,

man usermod: "DESCRIPTION: The usermod command modifies the system
account files to reflect the changes that are specified on the command
line." 
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5175/krb5-auth-rules-5?a=view: "man
pages section 5: Standards, Environments, and Macros:
krb5_auth_rules(5). Files:
~/.k5login: Per user-account authorization file. /etc/passwd: System
account file. This information may also be in a directory service. See
passwd(4)."


What is a 'system account file'?

Regards,
Detlef Lechner 
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