Changeset 5b8677c for boot


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Timestamp:
Jul 12, 2006, 5:48:39 PM (18 years ago)
Author:
Jim Gifford <clfs@…>
Children:
5f616c4
Parents:
0cc7d8f
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r4535@server: jim | 2006-07-12 17:47:54 -0700
Added descriptions to users/groups

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  • boot/common/pwdgroup.xml

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    5858      <term><literal>bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false</literal></term>
    5959      <listitem>
    60         <para>To be written</para>
     60        <para>Was recommended for compatibility with legacy applications.</para>
    6161      </listitem>
    6262    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    6464      <term><literal>daemon:x:2:6:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false</literal></term>
    6565      <listitem>
    66         <para>To be written</para>
     66        <para>Was recommended as an unprivileged User ID/Group ID for daemons
     67         to execute under in order to limit their access to the system.</para>
    6768      </listitem>
    6869    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    7071      <term><literal>adm:x:3:16:adm:/var/adm:/bin/false</literal></term>
    7172      <listitem>
    72         <para>To be written</para>
     73        <para>Was used for programs that performed administrative tasks.</para>
    7374      </listitem>
    7475    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    8889      <term><literal>news:x:31:31:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/false</literal></term>
    8990      <listitem>
    90         <para>To be written</para>
     91        <para>Often used for network news servers</para>
    9192      </listitem>
    9293    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    9495      <term><literal>uucp:x:32:32:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/false</literal></term>
    9596      <listitem>
    96         <para>To be written</para>
     97        <para>Often used for Unix-to-Unix Copy of files from one server to the next/</para>
    9798      </listitem>
    9899    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    100101      <term><literal>operator:x:50:0:operator:/root:/bin/bash</literal></term>
    101102      <listitem>
    102         <para>To be written</para>
     103        <para>Often used to allow system operators to access the system</para>
    103104      </listitem>
    104105    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    106107      <term><literal>postmaster:x:51:30:postmaster:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false</literal></term>
    107108      <listitem>
    108         <para>To be written</para>
     109        <para>Is the account that receives all the information of troubles with the mail server</para>
    109110      </listitem>
    110111    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    112113      <term><literal>nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false</literal></term>
    113114      <listitem>
    114         <para>To be written</para>
     115        <para>This account is used by NFS.</para>
    115116      </listitem>
    116117    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    146147      <term><literal>adm:x:16:root,adm,daemon</literal></term>
    147148      <listitem>
    148         <para>To be written</para>
     149        <para>All users in this group are allowed to do administrative tasks</para>
    149150      </listitem>
    150151    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    152153      <term><literal>console:x:17:</literal></term>
    153154      <listitem>
    154         <para>To be written</para>
     155        <para>This group has direct access to the console</para>
    155156      </listitem>
    156157    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    158159      <term><literal>cdrw:x:18:</literal></term>
    159160      <listitem>
    160         <para>To be written</para>
     161        <para>This group is allowed to use the CDRW drive</para>
    161162      </listitem>
    162163    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    170171      <term><literal>news:x:31:news</literal></term>
    171172      <listitem>
    172         <para>To be written</para>
     173        <para>Used by Network News Servers</para>
    173174      </listitem>
    174175    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    176177      <term><literal>uucp:x:32:uucp</literal></term>
    177178      <listitem>
    178         <para>To be written</para>
     179        <para>Used by the Unix-to-Unix copy users.</para>
    179180      </listitem>
    180181    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    188189      <term><literal>nogroup:x:65533:</literal></term>
    189190      <listitem>
    190         <para>To be written</para>
     191        <para>This is a default group used by some programs that do not
     192        require a group</para>
    191193      </listitem>
    192194    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    194196      <term><literal>nobody:x:65534:</literal></term>
    195197      <listitem>
    196         <para>To be written</para>
     198        <para>This is used by NFS.</para>
    197199      </listitem>
    198200    </varlistentry>
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