Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 128)

128 Chapter 3
Setup Overview
These are the major user and group administration activities:
m Step 1: Before you begin, do some planning.
m Step 2: Set up directory domains in which user and group accounts will reside.
m Step 3: Configure server search policies so servers can find user and group accounts.
m Step 4: Create users.
m Step 5: Create groups.
m Step 6: Set up client computers.
m Step 7: Review user and group account information as needed.
m Step 8: Update users and groups as needed.
m Step 9: Perform ongoing user and group account maintenance.
Following is a summary of each of these activities. See the pages indicated for detailed
information.
sshd 75 The group for the sshd child processes that process
network data.
staff 20 The default group into which UNIX users are traditionally
placed.
sys 3 This group has no specific meaning.
tty 4 A group that owns special files, such as the device file
associated with an SSH or telnet user.
unknown 99 The group used when the system doesn’t know about the
hard disk.
utmp 45 The group that controls what can update the system’s list of
logged-in users.
uucp 66 The group used to control access to UUCP spool files.
wheel 0 Another group (in addition to the admin group) to which
users with administrator privileges belong.
www 70 The nonprivileged group that Apache uses for its processes
that handle requests.
Predefined
group name
Group ID Use
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