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fpemud
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject: help: tidy my /etc/passwd and /etc/group |
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I'm tidying my /etc/passwd and /etc/group according to this arch wiki
The basic idea is to classify the entries.
For /etc/passwd: "System users" "Real users" "Software users" "Mess"
For /etc/group: "System groups" "Device groups" "Software groups" "Mess"
I have some questions:
1. is my classification correct? is there any "best practice" on this?
2. which uid/gid is critic? I want to assign a uid/gid space for each class.
3. is "device groups" still necessary since i have polkit in my system?
4. is there any way to auto remove the related "Software User/Group" after unmerging a package?
| Code: | fpemud-workstation etc # cat /etc/passwd
# System users
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false
# Real users
fpemud:x:1000:0:fpemud:/home/fpemud:/bin/bash
# Software users
portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false
messagebus:x:101:249:added by portage for dbus:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
git:x:1001:1000::/var/lib/gitolite:/bin/bash
sshd:x:22:22:added by portage for openssh:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
distcc:x:240:2:added by portage for distcc:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
cron:x:16:16:added by portage for cronbase:/var/spool/cron:/sbin/nologin
games:x:36:35:added by portage for gnugo:/usr/games:/bin/bash
kdm:x:102:105:added by portage for kdm:/var/lib/kdm:/sbin/nologin
ntp:x:123:123:added by portage for ntp:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
mysql:x:60:60:added by portage for mysql:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
colord:x:103:102:added by portage for colord:/var/lib/colord:/sbin/nologin
pulse:x:104:999:added by portage for pulseaudio:/var/run/pulse:/sbin/nologin
openvpn:x:105:998:added by portage for openvpn:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
gdm:x:106:997:added by portage for gdm:/var/lib/gdm:/sbin/nologin
clamav:x:107:996:added by portage for clamav:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
dhcp:x:108:995:added by portage for dhcp:/var/lib/dhcp:/sbin/nologin
tcpdump:x:109:994:added by portage for tcpdump:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
qemu:x:77:77:added by portage for libvirt:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
dnsmasq:x:110:992:added by portage for dnsmasq:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
oscam:x:111:991:added by portage for oscam:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
polkitd:x:112:990:added by portage for polkit:/var/lib/polkit-1:/sbin/nologin
ntop:x:113:989:added by portage for ntop:/var/lib/ntop:/sbin/nologin
radvd:x:114:988:added by portage for radvd:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
# Mess
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false
adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/bin/false
lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/false
sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false
news:x:9:13:news:/usr/lib/news:/bin/false
uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucppublic:/bin/false
operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/bin/bash
man:x:13:15:man:/usr/share/man:/bin/false
postmaster:x:14:12:postmaster:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false
smmsp:x:209:209:smmsp:/var/spool/mqueue:/bin/false
ldap:x:439:439::/usr/lib/openldap:/dev/null |
| Code: | fpemud-workstation etc # cat /etc/group
# System groups
root:x:0:
nobody:x:65534:
nogroup:x:65533:
# Device groups
cdrom:x:19:fpemud
kvm:x:104:fpemud,qemu
# Software groups
sshd:x:22:
games:x:35:fpemud
portage:x:250:portage
messagebus:x:249:
ssmtp:x:248:
cron:x:16:
plugdev:x:247:
crontab:x:246:
kdm:x:105:
vboxusers:x:103:
ntp:x:123:
mysql:x:60:
colord:x:102:
pulse-access:x:101:
pulse:x:999:
openvpn:x:998:
gdm:x:997:
clamav:x:996:
dhcp:x:995:
tcpdump:x:994:
android:x:993:
qemu:x:77:
dnsmasq:x:992:
oscam:x:991:
polkitd:x:990:
ntop:x:989:
radvd:x:988:
git:x:1000:
# Mess
bin:x:1:bin,daemon
daemon:x:2:bin,daemon
sys:x:3:bin,adm
adm:x:4:adm,daemon
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:adm
lp:x:7:lp
mem:x:8:
kmem:x:9:
wheel:x:10:
floppy:x:11:
news:x:13:news
uucp:x:14:uucp
console:x:17:
audio:x:18:pulse
tape:x:26:
video:x:27:gdm
cdrw:x:80:
usb:x:85:
users:x:100:
utmp:x:406:
man:x:15:
mail:x:12:
lpadmin:x:106:
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dmpogo
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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as I see, the ones in 'mess' are the most important  |
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fpemud
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, ha. I'm still in learning.
It seems no doc describes this 3 things simultaneously: usage, list who use it, use id or name.
it's really takes effort to make sure for each item. |
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