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Standard Users

Table 5.2.1 lists the stadard users set up by the installation process (this is essentially the /etc/passwd file). The group id (GID) in this table is the primary group for the user. See section 5.2.3 for details on how groups are used.

  

User            UID     GID     GECOS           HOME Directory  Shell
=====================================================================
root            0       0       root            /root           /bin/bash
bin             1       1       bin             /bin
daemon          2       2       daemon          /sbin
adm             3       4       adm             /var/adm
lp              4       7       lp              /var/spool/lpd
sync            5       0       sync            /sbin           /bin/sync
shutdown        6       0       shutdown        /sbin           /sbin/shutdown
halt            7       0       halt            /sbin           /sbin/halt
mail            8       12      mail            /var/spool/mail
news            9       13      news            /var/spool/news
uucp            10      14      uucp            /var/spool/uucp
operator        11      0       operator        /root           /bin/bash
games           12      100     games           /usr/local/games
gopher          13      30      gopher          /usr/lib/gopher-data
ftp             14      50      FTP User        /usr/rhs/ftp
nobody          99      99      nobody          /root


Figure 5.1: Standard Users



Marc Ewing
Mon Jun 19 17:22:10 EDT 1995