glfs/postlfs/config/users.xml
Pierre Labastie 81a73ed8b2 Format postlfs config
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
<sect1 id="postlfs-users-groups" xreflabel="About System Users and Groups">
<?dbhtml filename="users.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>About System Users and Groups</title>
<indexterm zone="postlfs-users-groups">
<primary sortas="e-etc-passwd">/etc/passwd</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm zone="postlfs-users-groups">
<primary sortas="e-etc-group">/etc/group</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm zone="postlfs-users-groups">
<primary sortas="e-etc-login.defs">/etc/login.defs</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>
Throughout BLFS, many packages install programs that run as daemons or in
some way should have a user or group name assigned. Generally these
names are used to map a user ID (uid) or group ID (gid) for system use.
Generally the specific uid or gid numbers used by these applications are
not significant. The exception of course, is that <systemitem
class='username'>root</systemitem> has a uid and gid of 0 (zero) that
is indeed special. The uid values are stored in
<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and the gid values are found in
<filename>/etc/group</filename>.
</para>
<para>
Customarily, Unix systems classify users and groups into two categories:
system users and regular users. The system users and groups are given
low numbers and regular users and groups have numeric values greater
than all the system values. The cutoff for these numbers is found in
two parameters in the <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> configuration
file. The default UID_MIN value is 1000 and the default GID_MIN value
is 1000. If a specific uid or gid value is not specified when creating
a user with <command>useradd</command> or a group with
<command>groupadd</command> the values assigned will always be above
these cutoff values.
</para>
<para>
Additionally, the <ulink url=
"http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_4.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/usernames.html">
Linux Standard Base</ulink> recommends that system uid and gid values
should be below 100.
</para>
<para>
Below is a table of suggested uid/gid values used in BLFS beyond those
defined in a base LFS installation. These can be changed as desired, but
provide a suggested set of consistent values.
</para>
<table id="uidgid" class="uidvalues">
<title>UID/GID Suggested Values</title>
<?dbfo table-width="2in" ?>
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colnum="1" colwidth="1.2in"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colwidth=".4in"/>
<colspec colnum="3" colwidth=".4in"/>
<thead>
<row><entry>Name</entry><entry>uid</entry><entry>gid</entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry>bin </entry><entry> 1</entry><entry> </entry></row>
<row><entry>lp </entry><entry> 9</entry><entry> </entry></row>
<!--<row><entry>usb </entry><entry> </entry><entry>14</entry></row> -->
<row><entry>adm </entry><entry> </entry><entry>16</entry></row>
<row><entry>atd </entry><entry>17</entry><entry>17</entry></row>
<row><entry>messagebus</entry><entry>18</entry><entry>18</entry></row>
<row><entry>lpadmin </entry><entry></entry><entry>19</entry></row>
<row><entry>named </entry><entry>20</entry><entry>20</entry></row>
<row><entry>gdm </entry><entry>21</entry><entry>21</entry></row>
<row><entry>fcron </entry><entry>22</entry><entry>22</entry></row>
<row><entry>systemd-journal</entry><entry></entry><entry>23</entry></row>
<row><entry>apache </entry><entry>25</entry><entry>25</entry></row>
<row><entry>smmsp </entry><entry>26</entry><entry>26</entry></row>
<row><entry>polkitd </entry><entry>27</entry><entry>27</entry></row>
<row><entry>rpc </entry><entry>28</entry><entry>28</entry></row>
<!-- <row><entry>courier </entry><entry>30</entry><entry>30</entry></row> -->
<row><entry>exim </entry><entry>31</entry><entry>31</entry></row>
<row><entry>postfix </entry><entry>32</entry><entry>32</entry></row>
<row><entry>postdrop</entry><entry> </entry><entry>33</entry></row>
<row><entry>sendmail</entry><entry>34</entry><entry> </entry></row>
<row><entry>mail </entry><entry> </entry><entry>34</entry></row>
<row><entry>vmailman</entry><entry>35</entry><entry>35</entry></row>
<row><entry>news </entry><entry>36</entry><entry>36</entry></row>
<row><entry>kdm </entry><entry>37</entry><entry>37</entry></row>
<row><entry>fetchmail</entry><entry>38</entry><entry> </entry></row>
<row><entry>mysql </entry><entry>40</entry><entry>40</entry></row>
<row><entry>postgres</entry><entry>41</entry><entry>41</entry></row>
<row><entry>dovecot </entry><entry>42</entry><entry>42</entry></row>
<row><entry>dovenull</entry><entry>43</entry><entry>43</entry></row>
<row><entry>ftp </entry><entry>45</entry><entry>45</entry></row>
<row><entry>proftpd </entry><entry>46</entry><entry>46</entry></row>
<row><entry>vsftpd </entry><entry>47</entry><entry>47</entry></row>
<row><entry>rsyncd </entry><entry>48</entry><entry>48</entry></row>
<row><entry>sshd </entry><entry>50</entry><entry>50</entry></row>
<row><entry>stunnel </entry><entry>51</entry><entry>51</entry></row>
<row><entry>svn </entry><entry>56</entry><entry>56</entry></row>
<row><entry>svntest </entry><entry> </entry><entry>57</entry></row>
<!-- <row><entry>pulse </entry><entry>58</entry><entry>58</entry></row>
<row><entry>pulse-access</entry><entry></entry><entry>59</entry></row>
-->
<row><entry>games </entry><entry>60</entry><entry>60</entry></row>
<row><entry>kvm </entry><entry> </entry><entry>61</entry></row>
<row><entry>wireshark</entry><entry> </entry><entry>62</entry></row>
<row><entry>lightdm </entry><entry>63</entry><entry>63</entry></row>
<row><entry>sddm </entry><entry>64</entry><entry>64</entry></row>
<row><entry>lightdm </entry><entry>65</entry><entry>65</entry></row>
<row><entry>scanner </entry><entry> </entry><entry>70</entry></row>
<row><entry>colord </entry><entry>71</entry><entry>71</entry></row>
<!-- Begin systemd specific users and groups -->
<row><entry>systemd-bus-proxy</entry><entry>72</entry><entry>72</entry></row>
<row><entry>systemd-journal-gateway</entry><entry>73</entry><entry>73</entry></row>
<row><entry>systemd-journal-remote</entry><entry>74</entry><entry>74</entry></row>
<row><entry>systemd-journal-upload</entry><entry>75</entry><entry>75</entry></row>
<row><entry>systemd-network</entry><entry>76</entry><entry>76</entry></row>
<row><entry>systemd-resolve</entry><entry>77</entry><entry>77</entry></row>
<row><entry>systemd-timesync</entry><entry>78</entry><entry>78</entry></row>
<row><entry>systemd-coredump</entry><entry>79</entry><entry>79</entry></row>
<!-- End systemd specific users and groups -->
<row><entry>ldap </entry><entry>83</entry><entry>83</entry></row>
<row><entry>avahi </entry><entry>84</entry><entry>84</entry></row>
<row><entry>avahi-autoipd</entry><entry>85</entry><entry>85</entry></row>
<row><entry>netdev </entry><entry> </entry><entry>86</entry></row>
<row><entry>ntp </entry><entry>87</entry><entry>87</entry></row>
<row><entry>unbound </entry><entry>88</entry><entry>88</entry></row>
<row><entry>plugdev </entry><entry> </entry><entry>90</entry></row>
<row><entry>wheel </entry><entry> </entry><entry>97</entry></row>
<row><entry>anonymous</entry><entry>98</entry><entry> </entry></row>
<row><entry>nobody </entry><entry>99</entry><entry> </entry></row>
<row><entry>nogroup </entry><entry> </entry><entry>99</entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<para>
One value that is missing is 65534. This value is customarily assigned
to the user <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> and group
<systemitem class="groupname">nogroup</systemitem> and is unnecessary.
</para>
</sect1>