Standard Users

In Table 6-1, 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 6-1. 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 /sbin/nologin
nsfnobody 65534 65534 /var/lib/nfs /sbin/nologin
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