Password file format

The password file contains a series of user entries that specify the password and groups of each user.

Each user entry uses this format:

username:cleartextpassword:group1,group2,...groupN

The three fields are delimited by colons. Note that the cleartextpassword and group fields can be empty.

The following is a sample password file:

dave:en958:development,allcompany
sally:lopper39:development,allcompany
john:jhn931:marketing,allcompany

In this sample file:

Dave has a password of "en958" and is allowed to see records in the development group.
Sally has a password of "lopper39" and is also allowed to see records in the development group.
John has a password of "jhn931" can see records in the marketing group.
All three users can see records in the allcompany group.