Gentoo:/etc/group

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Contents 1 About 1.1 System Groups 1.2 Container Groups 2 Links

[edit] About

Groups in a UNIX style operating system are put in place to assign permissions to users.

[edit] System Groups

System Groups

Name	Standard ID	Purpose
root	0	Complete system administration and control
bin	1	(to be added)
daemon	2	(to be added)
sys	3	(to be added)
adm	4	(to be added)
portage	250	group for portage users
nogroup	65533	unprivileged group
nobody	65534	unprivileged group

[edit] Container Groups

Container Groups

Name	Standard ID	Purpose
disk	6	Direct access to disks.
wheel	10	su (change to super user / root).
floppy	11	Direct access to floppies.
uucp	14	Access to ttY-Devices.
audio	18	Access to audio devices.
cdrom	19	Direct access to CD-ROMs (and CD-RW, DVD-ROM/RAM/RW).
video	27	Access to video capture hardware, hardware acceleration.
games	35	Access to all games.
cdrw	80	CD burning.
usb	85	Use of USB devices.
users	100	Standard group of users.
apache	81	Allows write access to Apache files.
mysql	60	Allows read/write access to MySQL files.
plugdev	442	Allows to mount and use pluggable devices such as cameras and USB sticks.

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