Apple 10.5 Leapard manual Predefined User Accounts, User ID

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A Windows user account that is not stored in the PDC server’s LDAP directory can be used to access other services. For example, Mac OS X Server can authenticate users with accounts in the server’s local directory domain for the server’s Windows file service.

Mac OS X Server also authenticates users with accounts on other directory systems, such as an Open Directory master on another Mac OS X Server system, or Active Directory on a Windows server.

For complete information about the different kinds of directory domains, see Open Directory Administration.

Predefined User Accounts

The following table describes user accounts that are created when you install Mac OS X Server (unless otherwise indicated). For a complete list, open Workgroup Manager and choose View > Show System Users and Groups.

Predefined user name

Short name

User ID

Use

MySQL Server

mysql

74

The user that the MySQL database server uses for

 

 

 

its processes that handle requests.

 

 

 

 

sshd Privilege

sshd

75

The user for the sshd child processes that process

separation

 

 

network data.

 

 

 

 

System Administrator

root

0

A user with no protections or restrictions.

 

 

 

 

System Services

daemon

1

A legacy UNIX user.

 

 

 

 

Unknown User

unknown

99

A user with no login or password. When files or

 

 

 

volumes have no real owner, they are assigned

 

 

 

unknown as their owner.

 

 

 

 

Unprivileged User

nobody

-2

This user was originally created so system services

 

 

 

didn’t need to run as System Administrator. Now

 

 

 

service-specific users such as World Wide Web

 

 

 

Server are often used for this purpose.

 

 

 

 

World Wide Web Server

www

70

The nonprivileged user that Apache uses for its

 

 

 

processes that handle requests.

 

 

 

 

Chapter 4 Setting Up User Accounts

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Apple 10.5 Leapard manual Predefined User Accounts, User ID