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Apple Mac OS X Server (Upgrading and Migrating For Version 10.4 or Later) User Manual

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Chapter 1

Before You Begin

You can’t change the names or IDs of system accounts. So when you migrate users and
groups, don’t try to do so. However, you can add users during migration to two system
groups—admin and wheel:

 Wheel is a group that gives members almost as much control as root. If you’re a

member of the wheel group, you can use the

su

(substitute user) command in the

Terminal application to log in to a remote computer as the root user. Use

ssh

to log

in, type

su

, then supply the root password when prompted.

 The admin group gives members the right to administer Mac OS X Server. Admin

users can use server management applications and install software that requires
administrator privileges.

Here are the predefined user accounts:

Name

Short name

UID

Unprivileged User

nobody

-2

System Administrator

root

0

System Services

daemon

1

Printing Services

lp

26

Postfix User

postfix

27

VPN MPPE Key

vpn_nnnnnnnnnnnn

57

World Wide Web Server

www

70

Apple Events User

eppc

71

MySQL Server

mysql

74

sshd Privilege separation

sshd

75

QuickTime Streaming Server

qtss

76

Cyrus IMAP User

cyrus

77

Mailman User

mailman

78

Application Server

appserver

79

Clamav User

clamav

82

Amavisd User

amavisd

83

Jabber User

jabber

84

Xgrid Controller

xgridcontroller

85

Xgrid Agent

xgridagent

86

Application Owner

appowner

87

WindowServer

windowserver

88

Unknown User

unknown

99