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What (who) is GECOS - definition

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GECOS         
GECOS         
General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor / System (Reference: OS, GE, GCOS, predecessor, Honeywell)
Gecos field         
GENERAL INFORMATION FIELD IN UNIX PASSWORD FILES
The gecos field, or GECOS field is a field in each record in the /etc/passwd file on Unix and similar operating systems. On UNIX, it is the 5th of 7 fields in a record.

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Gecos

GECOS or gecos may stand for:

  • General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor (GECOS), which was later renamed to General Comprehensive Operating System (GCOS)
  • gecos field, an entry in the /etc/passwd file containing personal data about the user on Unix operating systems