The /etc/passwd file contains the Operating System IDs for users set up on a Unix system. Each line represents a user. laua reads this file and pulls in pertinent information about the user, including the username, the Group Id, User Id, Home Directory, and shell information. In this example, stu01 is the username, 205 is the UID (user ID), 80 is the Group ID, /lawson/user/stu01 is the user’s home directory, and /usr/bin/ksh is the Unix shell. Click the Next page button to continue.