RHEL 6 Deployment - 15.3. Standard Users

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15.3. Standard Users

Table 15.4, “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 15.4, “Standard Groups” for a listing of standard groups.

Table 15.4. Standard Users

User	UID	GID	Home Directory	Shell	Packages
root	0	0	/root	`/bin/bash`	`setup`
bin	1	1	/bin	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
daemon	2	2	/sbin	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
sys	-	3	-	`-`	`setup`
adm	3	4	/var/adm	`/bin/bash`	`setup`
tty	-	5	-	`-`	`setup`
disk	-	6	-	`-`	`setup`
lp	4	7	/var/spool/lpd	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
mem	-	8	-	`-`	`setup`
kmem	-	9	-	`-`	`setup`
wheel	-	10	-	`-`	`setup`
cdrom	-	11	-	`-`	`udev,MAKEDEV`
sync	5	(0)	/sbin	`/bin/sync`	`setup`
shutdown	6	(0)	/sbin	`/sbin/shutdown`	`setup`
halt	7	(0)	/sbin	`/sbin/halt`	`setup`
mail	8	12	/var/spool/mail	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
news	9	13	/var/spool/news	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
uucp	10	14	/var/spool/uucp	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
operator	11	(0)	/root	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
games	12	(100)	/usr/games	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
gopher	13	30	/usr/lib/gopher-data	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
ftp	14	50	/var/ftp	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
man	-	15	-	`-`	`setup`
oprofile	16	16	/home/oprofile	`/sbin/nologin`	`oprofile`
pkiuser	17	17	/usr/share/pki	`/sbin/nologin`	`pki-ca,rhpki-ca`
dialout	-	18	-	`-`	`udev,MAKEDEV`
floppy	-	19	-	`-`	`dev,MAKEDEV`
games	-	20	-	`-`	`setup`
slocate	-	21	-	`-`	`slocate`
utmp	-	22	-	`-`	`initscripts,libutempter`
squid	23	23	/var/spool/squid	`/dev/null`	`squid`
pvm	24	24	/usr/share/pvm3	`/bin/bash`	`pvm`
named	25	25	/var/named	`/bin/false`	`bind`
postgres	26	26	/var/lib/pgsql	`/bin/bash`	`postgresql-server`
mysql	27	27	/var/lib/mysql	`/bin/bash`	`mysql`
nscd	28	28	/	`/bin/false`	`nscd`
rpcuser	29	29	/var/lib/nfs	`/bin/false`	`nfs-utils`
console	-	31	-	`-`	`dev`
rpc	32	32	/	`/bin/false`	`portmap`
amanda	33	(6)	/var/lib/amanda	`/bin/false`	`amanda`
tape	-	33	-	`-`	`udev,MAKEDEV`
netdump	34	34	/var/crash	`/bin/bash`	`netdump-client, netdump-server`
utempter	-	35	-	`-`	`libutempter`
vdsm	36	-	/	`/bin/bash`	`kvm, vdsm`
kvm	-	36	-	`-`	`kvm, vdsm, libvirt`
rpm	37	37	/var/lib/rpm	`/bin/bash`	`rpm`
ntp	38	38	/etc/ntp	`/sbin/nologin`	`ntp`
video	-	39	-	`-`	`setup`
dip	-	40	-	`-`	`setup`
mailman	41	41	/var/mailman	`/bin/false`	`mailman`
gdm	42	42	/var/gdm	`/bin/bash`	`gdm`
xfs	43	43	/etc/X11/fs	`/bin/false`	`XFree86-xfs`
pppusers	-	44	-	`-`	`linuxconf`
popusers	-	45	-	`-`	`linuxconf`
slipusers	-	46	-	`-`	`linuxconf`
mailnull	47	47	/var/spool/mqueue	`/dev/null`	`sendmail`
apache	48	48	/var/www	`/bin/false`	`apache`
wnn	49	49	/home/wnn	`/bin/bash`	`FreeWnn`
smmsp	51	51	/var/spool/mqueue	`/dev/null`	`sendmail`
puppet	52	52	/var/lib/puppet	`/sbin/nologin`	`puppet`
tomcat	53	53	/var/lib/tomcat	`/sbin/nologin`	`tomcat`
lock	-	54	-	`-`	`lockdev`
ldap	55	55	/var/lib/ldap	`/bin/false`	`openldap-servers`
frontpage	56	56	/var/www	`/bin/false`	`mod_frontpage`
nut	57	57	/var/lib/ups	`/bin/false`	`nut`
beagleindex	58	58	/var/cache/beagle	`/bin/false`	`beagle`
tss	59	59	-	`/sbin/nologin`	`trousers`
piranha	60	60	/etc/sysconfig/ha	`/dev/null`	`piranha`
prelude-manager	61	61	-	`/sbin/nologin`	`prelude-manager`
snortd	62	62	-	`/sbin/nologin`	`snortd`
audio	-	63	-	`-`	`setup`
condor	64	64	/var/lib/condor	`/sbin/nologin`	`condord`
nslcd	65	(55)	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`nslcd`
wine	-	66	-	`-`	`wine`
pegasus	66	65	/var/lib/Pegasus	`/sbin/nologin`	`tog-pegasus`
webalizer	67	67	/var/www/html/usage	`/sbin/nologin`	`webalizer`
haldaemon	68	68	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`hal`
vcsa	69	69	-	`/sbin/nologin`	`dev,MAKEDEV`
avahi	70	70	/var/run/avahi-daemon	`/sbin/nologin`	`avahi`
realtime	-	71	-	`-`	`-`
tcpdump	72	72	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`tcpdump`
privoxy	73	73	/etc/privoxy	`/bin/bash`	`privoxy`
sshd	74	74	/var/empty/sshd	`/sbin/nologin`	`openssh-server`
radvd	75	75	/	`/bin/false`	`radvd`
cyrus	76	(12)	/var/imap	`/bin/bash`	`cyrus-imapd`
saslauth	-	76	-	`-`	`cyrus-imapd`
arpwatch	77	77	/var/lib/arpwatch	`/sbin/nologin`	`arpwatch`
fax	78	78	/var/spool/fax	`/sbin/nologin`	`mgetty`
nocpulse	79	79	/etc/sysconfig/nocpulse	`/bin/bash`	`nocpulse`
desktop	80	80	-	`/sbin/nologin`	`desktop-file-utils`
dbus	81	81	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`dbus`
jonas	82	82	/var/lib/jonas	`/sbin/nologin`	`jonas`
clamav	83	83	/tmp	`/sbin/nologin`	`clamav`
screen	-	84	-	`-`	`screen`
quaggavt	-	85	-	`-`	`quagga`
sabayon	86	86	-	`/sbin/nologin`	`sabayon`
polkituser	87	87	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`PolicyKit`
wbpriv	-	88	-	`-`	`samba-common`
postfix	89	89	/var/spool/postfix	`/bin/true`	`postfix`
postdrop	-	90	-	`-`	`postfix`
majordomo	91	91	/usr/lib/majordomo	`/bin/bash`	`majordomo`
quagga	92	92	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`quagga`
exim	93	93	/var/spool/exim	`/sbin/nologin`	`exim`
distcache	94	94	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`distcache`
radiusd	95	95	/	`/bin/false`	`freeradius`
hsqldb	96	96	/var/lib/hsqldb	`/sbin/nologin`	`hsqldb`
dovecot	97	97	/usr/libexec/dovecot	`/sbin/nologin`	`dovecot`
ident	98	98	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`ident`
nobody	99	99	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`setup`
users	-	100	-	`-`	`setup`
qemu	107	107	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`libvirt`
ovirt	108	108	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`libvirt`
saned	111	111	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`sane-backends`
vhostmd	112	112	/usr/share/vhostmd	`/sbin/nologin`	`vhostmd`
usbmuxd	113	113	/	`/sbin/nologin`	`usbmuxd`
bacula	133	133	/var/spool/bacula	`/sbin/nologin`	`bacula`
ricci	140	140	/var/lib/ricci	`/sbin/nologin`	`ricci`
luci	141	141	/var/lib/luci	`/sbin/nologin`	`luci`
stap-server	155	155	/var/lib/stap-server	`/sbin/nologin`	`systemtap`
avahi-autoipd	170	170	/var/lib/avahi-autoipd	`/sbin/nologin`	`avahi`
pulse	171	171	/var/run/pulse	`/sbin/nologin`	`pulseaudio`
rtkit	172	172	/proc	`/sbin/nologin`	`rtkit`
nfsnobody	65534^[a]	65534	/var/lib/nfs	`/sbin/nologin`	`nfs-utils`
^[a] nfsnobdy is 4294967294 on 64-bit platforms