6.3. Standard Groups

Table 6.2, “Standard Groups” lists the standard groups configured by an Everything installation. Groups are stored in the /etc/group file.
Table 6.2. Standard Groups
Group GID Members
root 0 root
bin 1 root, bin, daemon
daemon 2 root, bin, daemon
sys 3 root, bin, adm
adm 4 root, adm, daemon
tty 5
disk 6 root
lp 7 daemon, lp
mem 8
kmem 9
wheel 10 root
mail 12 mail, postfix, exim
news 13 news
uucp 14 uucp
man 15
games 20
gopher 30
dip 40
ftp 50
lock 54
nobody 99
users 100
rpm 37
utmp 22
floppy 19
vcsa 69
dbus 81
ntp 38
canna 39
nscd 28
rpc 32
postdrop 90
postfix 89
mailman 41
exim 93
named 25
postgres 26
sshd 74
rpcuser 29
nfsnobody 65534
pvm 24
apache 48
xfs 43
gdm 42
htt 101
mysql 27
webalizer 67
mailnull 47
smmsp 51
squid 23
ldap 55
netdump 34
pcap 77
quaggavt 102
quagga 92
radvd 75
slocate 21
wnn 49
dovecot 97
radiusd 95
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