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 sysadmin::14:root nobody::60001: noaccess::60002: nogroup::65534: |
Group Name |
Group ID |
Description |
---|---|---|
root |
0 |
Superuser group |
other |
1 |
|
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 |
Daemon group |
sysadmin |
14 |
Administratve group associated with Admintool and Solstice AdminSuite tools |
nobody |
60001 |
Anonymous group assigned by an NFS server when a request is received from an unauthorized root user |
noaccess |
60002 |
|
nogroup |
65534 |
|