Default passwd File (System Administration Guide, Volume 1)

System Administration Guide, Volume 1

Default `passwd` File

The default Solaris passwd file contains entries for standard daemons, processes usually started at boot time to perform some system-wide task, such as printing, network administration, and 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
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
nobody:x:60001:60001:Nobody:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:No Access User:/:
nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x Nobody:/:

Table 2-7 Default passwd File Entries


User Name	User ID	Description
`root`	`0`	Superuser account
`daemon`	`1`	Umbrella system daemon associated with updating calendars, and so forth
`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
	`71`	Line printer daemon
`uucp`	`5`	uucp daemon
`nuucp`	`6`	uucp daemon
`listen`	`37`	Network listener daemon
`nobody`	`60001`	Anonymous user account, assigned by an NFS server when a request is received from an unauthorized root user. The nobody user account is assigned to software processes that do not need nor should have any special permissions.
`noaccess`	`60002`	Account 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 `nobody` user account.