In Table 2-1, you will find the
standard users set up by the installation process (as seen in the
/etc/passwd file). The Group ID (GID) in this
table is the primary group for the user. See
the section called User Private Groups for details on how
groups are used.
Table 2-1. Standard Users
| User
| UID
| GID
| Home Directory
| Shell
|
|---|
| root
| 0
| 0
| /root
| /bin/bash
|
| bin
| 1
| 1
| /bin
| |
| daemon
| 2
| 2
| /sbin
| |
| adm
| 3
| 4
| /var/adm
| |
| lp
| 4
| 7
| /var/spool/lpd
| |
| sync
| 5
| 0
| /sbin
| /bin/sync
|
| shutdown
| 6
| 0
| /sbin
| /sbin/shutdown
|
| halt
| 7
| 0
| /sbin
| /sbin/halt
|
| mail
| 8
| 12
| /var/spool/mail
| |
| news
| 9
| 13
| /var/spool/news
| |
| uucp
| 10
| 14
| /var/spool/uucp
| |
| operator
| 11
| 0
| /root
| |
| games
| 12
| 100
| /usr/games
| |
| gopher
| 13
| 30
| /usr/lib/gopher-data
| |
| ftp
| 14
| 50
| /var/ftp
| |
| nobody
| 99
| 99
| /
| |
| apache
| 48
| 48
| /var/www
| |
| named
| 25
| 25
| /var/named
| |
| piranha
| 60
| 60
| /etc/sysconfig/ha
| |
| amanda
| 33
| 6
| var/lib/amanda/
| |
| ident
| 98
| 98
| /
| /sbin/nologin
|
| rpc
| 32
| 32
| /
| |
| wnn
| 49
| 49
| /var/lib/wnn
| |
| xfs
| 43
| 43
| /etc/X11/fs
| |
| mailnull
| 47
| 47
| /var/spool/mqueue
| |
| pvm
| 24
| 24
| /usr/share/pvm3
| /bin/bash
|
| ldap
| 55
| 55
| /var/lib/ldap
| |
| mysql
| 27
| 27
| /var/lib/mysql
| |
| rpcuser
| 29
| 29
| /var/lib/nfs
| |
| junkbust
| 73
| 73
| /etc/junkbuster
| |
| gdm
| 42
| 42
| /var/gdm
| |
| squid
| 23
| 23
| /var/spool/squid
| /dev/null
|
| nscd
| 28
| 28
| /
| |
| rpm
| 37
| 37
| /var/lib/rpm
| |
| mailman
| 41
| 41
| /var/mailman
| |
| radvd
| 75
| 75
| /
| |
| postgres
| 26
| 26
| /var/lib/pgsql
| |
