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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="postlfs-users-groups" xreflabel="About System Users and Groups">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="users.html"?>
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10 |
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11 |
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12 | <title>About System Users and Groups</title>
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13 |
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14 | <indexterm zone="postlfs-users-groups">
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15 | <primary sortas="e-etc-passwd">/etc/passwd</primary>
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16 | </indexterm>
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17 |
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18 | <indexterm zone="postlfs-users-groups">
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19 | <primary sortas="e-etc-group">/etc/group</primary>
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20 | </indexterm>
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21 |
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22 | <indexterm zone="postlfs-users-groups">
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23 | <primary sortas="e-etc-login.defs">/etc/login.defs</primary>
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24 | </indexterm>
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25 |
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26 | <para>
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27 | Throughout BLFS, many packages install programs that run as daemons or in
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28 | some way should have a user or group name assigned. Generally these
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29 | names are used to map a user ID (uid) or group ID (gid) for system use.
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30 | Generally the specific uid or gid numbers used by these applications are
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31 | not significant. The exception of course, is that <systemitem
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32 | class='username'>root</systemitem> has a uid and gid of 0 (zero) that
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33 | is indeed special. The uid values are stored in
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34 | <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and the gid values are found in
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35 | <filename>/etc/group</filename>.
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36 | </para>
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37 |
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38 | <para>
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39 | Customarily, Unix systems classify users and groups into two categories:
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40 | system users and regular users. The system users and groups are given
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41 | low numbers and regular users and groups have numeric values greater
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42 | than all the system values. The cutoff for these numbers is found in
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43 | two parameters in the <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> configuration
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44 | file. The default UID_MIN value is 1000 and the default GID_MIN value
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45 | is 1000. If a specific uid or gid value is not specified when creating
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46 | a user with <command>useradd</command> or a group with
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47 | <command>groupadd</command> the values assigned will always be above
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48 | these cutoff values.
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49 | </para>
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50 |
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51 | <para>
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52 | Additionally, the <ulink url=
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53 | "https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_4.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/usernames.html">
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54 | Linux Standard Base</ulink> recommends that system uid and gid values
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55 | should be below 100.
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56 | </para>
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57 |
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58 | <para>
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59 | Below is a table of suggested uid/gid values used in BLFS beyond those
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60 | defined in a base LFS installation. These can be changed as desired, but
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61 | provide a suggested set of consistent values.
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62 | </para>
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63 |
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64 | <table id="uidgid" class="uidvalues">
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65 | <title>UID/GID Suggested Values</title>
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66 | <?dbfo table-width="2in" ?>
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67 | <tgroup cols="3">
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68 | <colspec colnum="1" colwidth="1.2in"/>
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69 | <colspec colnum="2" colwidth=".4in"/>
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70 | <colspec colnum="3" colwidth=".4in"/>
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71 | <thead>
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72 | <row><entry>Name</entry><entry>uid</entry><entry>gid</entry></row>
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73 | </thead>
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74 | <tbody>
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75 | <row><entry>bin </entry><entry> 1</entry><entry> </entry></row>
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76 | <row><entry>lp </entry><entry> 9</entry><entry> </entry></row>
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77 | <!--<row><entry>usb </entry><entry> </entry><entry>14</entry></row> -->
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78 | <row><entry>adm </entry><entry> </entry><entry>16</entry></row>
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79 | <row><entry>atd </entry><entry>17</entry><entry>17</entry></row>
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80 | <row><entry>messagebus</entry><entry>18</entry><entry>18</entry></row>
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81 | <row><entry>lpadmin </entry><entry></entry><entry>19</entry></row>
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82 | <row><entry>named </entry><entry>20</entry><entry>20</entry></row>
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83 | <row><entry>gdm </entry><entry>21</entry><entry>21</entry></row>
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84 | <row><entry>fcron </entry><entry>22</entry><entry>22</entry></row>
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85 | <row><entry>systemd-journal</entry><entry>23</entry><entry>23</entry></row>
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86 | <row><entry>apache </entry><entry>25</entry><entry>25</entry></row>
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87 | <row><entry>smmsp </entry><entry>26</entry><entry>26</entry></row>
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88 | <row><entry>polkitd </entry><entry>27</entry><entry>27</entry></row>
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89 | <row><entry>rpc </entry><entry>28</entry><entry>28</entry></row>
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90 | <!-- <row><entry>courier </entry><entry>30</entry><entry>30</entry></row> -->
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91 | <row><entry>exim </entry><entry>31</entry><entry>31</entry></row>
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92 | <row><entry>postfix </entry><entry>32</entry><entry>32</entry></row>
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93 | <row><entry>postdrop</entry><entry> </entry><entry>33</entry></row>
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94 | <row><entry>sendmail</entry><entry>34</entry><entry> </entry></row>
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95 | <row><entry>mail </entry><entry> </entry><entry>34</entry></row>
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96 | <row><entry>vmailman</entry><entry>35</entry><entry>35</entry></row>
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97 | <row><entry>news </entry><entry>36</entry><entry>36</entry></row>
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98 | <row><entry>kdm </entry><entry>37</entry><entry>37</entry></row>
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99 | <row><entry>fetchmail</entry><entry>38</entry><entry> </entry></row>
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100 | <row><entry>mariadb </entry><entry>40</entry><entry>40</entry></row>
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101 | <row><entry>postgres</entry><entry>41</entry><entry>41</entry></row>
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102 | <row><entry>dovecot </entry><entry>42</entry><entry>42</entry></row>
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103 | <row><entry>dovenull</entry><entry>43</entry><entry>43</entry></row>
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104 | <row><entry>ftp </entry><entry>45</entry><entry>45</entry></row>
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105 | <row><entry>proftpd </entry><entry>46</entry><entry>46</entry></row>
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106 | <row><entry>vsftpd </entry><entry>47</entry><entry>47</entry></row>
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107 | <row><entry>rsyncd </entry><entry>48</entry><entry>48</entry></row>
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108 | <row><entry>sshd </entry><entry>50</entry><entry>50</entry></row>
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109 | <row><entry>stunnel </entry><entry>51</entry><entry>51</entry></row>
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110 | <row><entry>dhcpcd </entry><entry>52</entry><entry>52</entry></row>
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111 | <row><entry>svn </entry><entry>56</entry><entry>56</entry></row>
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112 | <row><entry>svntest </entry><entry> </entry><entry>57</entry></row>
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113 | <row><entry>git </entry><entry>58</entry><entry>58</entry></row>
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114 | <!-- <row><entry>pulse </entry><entry>58</entry><entry>58</entry></row>
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115 | <row><entry>pulse-access</entry><entry></entry><entry>59</entry></row>
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116 | -->
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117 | <row><entry>games </entry><entry>60</entry><entry>60</entry></row>
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118 | <row><entry>kvm </entry><entry> </entry><entry>61</entry></row>
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119 | <row><entry>wireshark</entry><entry> </entry><entry>62</entry></row>
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120 | <row><entry>sddm </entry><entry>64</entry><entry>64</entry></row>
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121 | <row><entry>lightdm </entry><entry>65</entry><entry>65</entry></row>
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122 | <row><entry>scanner </entry><entry> </entry><entry>70</entry></row>
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123 | <row><entry>colord </entry><entry>71</entry><entry>71</entry></row>
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124 |
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125 | <!-- Begin systemd specific users and groups -->
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126 | <!--<row><entry>systemd-bus-proxy</entry><entry>72</entry><entry>72</entry></row>-->
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127 | <row><entry>systemd-journal-gateway</entry><entry>73</entry><entry>73</entry></row>
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128 | <row><entry>systemd-journal-remote</entry><entry>74</entry><entry>74</entry></row>
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129 | <row><entry>systemd-journal-upload</entry><entry>75</entry><entry>75</entry></row>
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130 | <row><entry>systemd-network</entry><entry>76</entry><entry>76</entry></row>
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131 | <row><entry>systemd-resolve</entry><entry>77</entry><entry>77</entry></row>
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132 | <row><entry>systemd-timesync</entry><entry>78</entry><entry>78</entry></row>
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133 | <row><entry>systemd-coredump</entry><entry>79</entry><entry>79</entry></row>
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134 | <!-- End systemd specific users and groups -->
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135 |
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136 | <row><entry>uuidd </entry><entry>80</entry><entry>80</entry></row>
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137 | <row><entry>systemd-oom</entry><entry>81</entry><entry>81</entry></row>
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138 | <row><entry>ldap </entry><entry>83</entry><entry>83</entry></row>
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139 | <row><entry>avahi </entry><entry>84</entry><entry>84</entry></row>
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140 | <row><entry>avahi-autoipd</entry><entry>85</entry><entry>85</entry></row>
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141 | <row><entry>netdev </entry><entry> </entry><entry>86</entry></row>
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142 | <row><entry>ntp </entry><entry>87</entry><entry>87</entry></row>
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143 | <row><entry>unbound </entry><entry>88</entry><entry>88</entry></row>
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144 | <row><entry>plugdev </entry><entry> </entry><entry>90</entry></row>
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145 | <row><entry>wheel </entry><entry> </entry><entry>97</entry></row>
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146 | <row><entry>anonymous</entry><entry>98</entry><entry> </entry></row>
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147 | <row><entry>nobody </entry><entry>65534</entry><entry> </entry></row>
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148 | <row><entry>nogroup </entry><entry> </entry><entry>65534</entry></row>
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149 | </tbody>
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150 | </tgroup>
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151 | </table>
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152 | <!--
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153 | <para>
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154 | One value that is missing is 65534. This value is customarily assigned
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155 | to the user <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> and group
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156 | <systemitem class="groupname">nogroup</systemitem> and is unnecessary.
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157 | </para>
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158 | -->
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159 | </sect1>
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