What information is stored in /etc/passwd? (Choose three correct answers.)

Disk quota limits are managed by the kernel's quota subsystem and stored in separate quota database files, not in /etc/passwd.

The third colon-delimited field in /etc/passwd is the numerical UID, which the kernel uses to identify the user for permission checks and process ownership.

The first field in each /etc/passwd entry is the username, the human-readable login name used to identify the account.

The second field in /etc/passwd is the password field - historically it held the encrypted hash directly, and in modern systems contains 'x' as a placeholder indicating the actual hash is stored in /etc/shadow.

While the login shell path is stored as the seventh field in /etc/passwd and is technically present in the file, this question's correct answer focuses on the three core identity and authentication fields: username, UID, and the password field.