The fields in the group file are separated by colons and contain the following information:
group-name:group-password:gid:user-list |
For example:
bin::2:root,bin,daemon |
The following table describes the group file fields.
Table 4–14 Fields in the group File
The default Solaris group file contains the following system groups that support some system-wide task, such as printing, network administration, and electronic mail. Many of these having corresponding entries in the passwd file.
root::0:root other::1: bin::2:root,bin,daemon sys::3:root,bin,sys,adm adm::4:root,adm,daemon uucp::5:root,uucp mail::6:root tty::7:root,tty,adm lp::8:root,lp,adm nuucp::9:root,nuucp staff::10: daemon::12:root,daemon smmsp::25:smmsp sysadmin::14:root nobody::60001: noaccess::60002: nogroup::65534: |
Group Name |
Group ID |
Description |
---|---|---|
root |
0 |
Superuser group. |
other |
1 |
Optional group. |
bin |
2 |
Administrative group associated with running system binaries. |
sys |
3 |
Administrative group associated with system logging or temporary directories. |
adm |
4 |
Administrative group associated with system logging. |
uucp |
5 |
Group associated with uucp functions. |
|
6 |
Electronic mail group. |
tty |
7 |
Group associated with tty devices. |
|
8 |
Line printer group. |
nuucp |
9 |
Group associated with uucp functions. |
staff |
10 |
General administrative group. |
daemon |
12 |
Group associated with routine system tasks. |
sysadmin |
14 |
Administrative group associated with Admintool and Solstice AdminSuite tools. |
smmsp |
25 |
Sendmail message submission program daemon. |
nobody |
60001 |
Group assigned to users or software processes that do not need nor should have any special permissions. |
noaccess |
60002 |
Group assigned to a user or a process that needs access to a system through some application but without actually logging in. |
nogroup |
65534 |
Group assigned to a user who not a member of a known group. |