Default passwd File (System Administration Guide: Basic Administration)

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Default `passwd` File

The default Solaris passwd file contains entries for standard daemons. Daemons are processes that are usually started at boot time to perform some system-wide task, such as printing, network administration, or port monitoring.

root:x:0:1:Super-User:/:/sbin/sh
daemon:x:1:1::/:
bin:x:2:2::/usr/bin:
sys:x:3:3::/:
adm:x:4:4:Admin:/var/adm:
lp:x:71:8:Line Printer Admin:/usr/spool/lp:
uucp:x:5:5:uucp Admin:/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
smmsp:x:25:25:SendMail Message Submission Program:/:
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
gdm:x:50:50:GDM Reserved UID:/:
webservd:x:80:80:WebServer Reserved UID:/:
nobody:x:60001:60001:NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:No Access User:/:
nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x NFS Anonymous Access User:/:

Table 4–5 Default passwd File Entries


User Name	User ID	Description
`root`	`0`	Superuser account
`daemon`	`1`	Umbrella system daemon associated with routine system tasks
`bin`	`2`	Administrative daemon associated with running system binaries to perform some routine system task
`sys`	`3`	Administrative daemon associated with system logging or updating files in temporary directories
`adm`	`4`	Administrative daemon associated with system logging
`lp`	`71`	Line printer daemon
`uucp`	`5`	Daemon associated with `uucp` functions
`nuucp`	`6`	Another daemon associated with `uucp` functions
`smmsp`	`25`	Sendmail message submission program daemon
`webservd`	`80`	Account reserved for WebServer access
`gdm`	50	GNOME Display Manager daemon
`listen`	`37`	Network listener daemon
`nobody`	`60001`	Account reserved for anonymous NFS access.
`noaccess`	`60002`	Assigned to a user or a process that needs access to a system through some application but without actually logging in.
`nobody4`	`65534`	SunOS 4.0 or 4.1 version of the `nobody` user account