Standard Groups

In Table 5-2, you will find the standard groups set up by the installation program. Groups are stored on Red Hat Linux in the /etc/group file.

Table 5-2. 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
news 13 news
uucp 14 uucp
man 15  
games 20  
gopher 30  
dip 40  
ftp 50  
lock 54  
nobody 99  
users 100  
slocate 21  
floppy 19  
vcsa 69  
rpm 37 rpm
utmp 22  
wnn 49  
ntp 38  
nscd 28  
apache 48  
mysql 27  
mailnull 47  
smmsp 51  
rpc 32  
xfs 43  
gdm 42  
rpcuser 29  
nfsnobody 65534  
ident 98  
radvd 75  
sshd 74  
postgres 26  
squid 23  
named 25  
pcap 77  
wine 66  
mailman 41  
netdump 34  
ldap 55  
postdrop 90  
postfix 89  
privoxy 101  
pvm 24