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 |
| 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 |