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37.3. Standard Users
Table 37.4, “Standard Users” lists the standard users configured in the
/etc/passwd file by an Everything installation. The groupid (GID) in this table is the primary group for the user. See Section 37.4, “Standard Groups” for a listing of standard groups.
Table 37.4. Standard Users
| User | UID | GID | Home Directory | Shell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| root | 0 | 0 | /root | /bin/bash |
| bin | 1 | 1 | /bin | /sbin/nologin |
| daemon | 2 | 2 | /sbin | /sbin/nologin |
| adm | 3 | 4 | /var/adm | /sbin/nologin |
| lp | 4 | 7 | /var/spool/lpd | /sbin/nologin |
| sync | 5 | 0 | /sbin | /bin/sync |
| shutdown | 6 | 0 | /sbin | /sbin/shutdown |
| halt | 7 | 0 | /sbin | /sbin/halt |
| 8 | 12 | /var/spool/mail | /sbin/nologin | |
| news | 9 | 13 | /etc/news | |
| uucp | 10 | 14 | /var/spool/uucp | /sbin/nologin |
| operator | 11 | 0 | /root | /sbin/nologin |
| games | 12 | 100 | /usr/games | /sbin/nologin |
| gopher | 13 | 30 | /var/gopher | /sbin/nologin |
| ftp | 14 | 50 | /var/ftp | /sbin/nologin |
| nobody | 99 | 99 | / | /sbin/nologin |
| rpm | 37 | 37 | /var/lib/rpm | /sbin/nologin |
| vcsa | 69 | 69 | /dev | /sbin/nologin |
| dbus | 81 | 81 | / | /sbin/nologin |
| ntp | 38 | 38 | /etc/ntp | /sbin/nologin |
| canna | 39 | 39 | /var/lib/canna | /sbin/nologin |
| nscd | 28 | 28 | / | /sbin/nologin |
| rpc | 32 | 32 | / | /sbin/nologin |
| postfix | 89 | 89 | /var/spool/postfix | /sbin/nologin |
| mailman | 41 | 41 | /var/mailman | /sbin/nologin |
| named | 25 | 25 | /var/named | /bin/false |
| amanda | 33 | 6 | var/lib/amanda/ | /bin/bash |
| postgres | 26 | 26 | /var/lib/pgsql | /bin/bash |
| exim | 93 | 93 | /var/spool/exim | /sbin/nologin |
| sshd | 74 | 74 | /var/empty/sshd | /sbin/nologin |
| rpcuser | 29 | 29 | /var/lib/nfs | /sbin/nologin |
| nsfnobody | 65534 | 65534 | /var/lib/nfs | /sbin/nologin |
| pvm | 24 | 24 | /usr/share/pvm3 | /bin/bash |
| apache | 48 | 48 | /var/www | /sbin/nologin |
| xfs | 43 | 43 | /etc/X11/fs | /sbin/nologin |
| gdm | 42 | 42 | /var/gdm | /sbin/nologin |
| htt | 100 | 101 | /usr/lib/im | /sbin/nologin |
| mysql | 27 | 27 | /var/lib/mysql | /bin/bash |
| webalizer | 67 | 67 | /var/www/usage | /sbin/nologin |
| mailnull | 47 | 47 | /var/spool/mqueue | /sbin/nologin |
| smmsp | 51 | 51 | /var/spool/mqueue | /sbin/nologin |
| squid | 23 | 23 | /var/spool/squid | /sbin/nologin |
| ldap | 55 | 55 | /var/lib/ldap | /bin/false |
| netdump | 34 | 34 | /var/crash | /bin/bash |
| pcap | 77 | 77 | /var/arpwatch | /sbin/nologin |
| radiusd | 95 | 95 | / | /bin/false |
| radvd | 75 | 75 | / | /sbin/nologin |
| quagga | 92 | 92 | /var/run/quagga | /sbin/login |
| wnn | 49 | 49 | /var/lib/wnn | /sbin/nologin |
| dovecot | 97 | 97 | /usr/libexec/dovecot | /sbin/nologin |
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