@@ -47,38 +47,34 @@ and add users to the `wheel` group.
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4848Void Linux defines a number of groups by default.
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50- | Group | Description |
51- | ------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------|
52- | ` root ` | Complete access to the system. |
53- | ` bin ` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
54- | ` sys ` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
55- | ` kmem ` | Ability to read from ` /dev/mem ` and ` /dev/port ` . |
56- | ` wheel ` | Elevated privileges for specific system administration tasks. |
57- | ` tty ` | Access to TTY-like devices: |
58- | | ` /dev/tty* ` , ` /dev/pts* ` , ` /dev/vcs* ` . |
59- | ` tape ` | Access to tape devices. |
60- | ` daemon ` | System daemons that need to write to files on disk. |
61- | ` floppy ` | Access to floppy drives. |
62- | ` disk ` | Raw access to ` /dev/sd* ` and ` /dev/loop* ` . |
63- | ` lp ` | Access to printers. |
64- | ` dialout ` | Access to serial ports. |
65- | ` audio ` | Access to audio devices. |
66- | ` video ` | Access to video devices. |
67- | ` utmp ` | Ability to write to ` /var/run/utmp ` , ` /var/log/wtmp ` |
68- | | and ` /var/log/btmp ` . |
69- | ` adm ` | Unused - present for historical reasons. This group was |
70- | | traditionally used for system monitoring, such as viewing |
71- | | files in ` /var/log ` . |
72- | ` cdrom ` | Access to CD devices. |
73- | ` optical ` | Access to DVD/CD-RW devices. |
74- | ` mail ` | Used by some mail packages, e.g. ` dma ` . |
75- | ` storage ` | Access to removable storage devices. |
76- | ` scanner ` | Ability to access scanners. |
77- | ` network ` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
78- | ` kvm ` | Ability to use KVM for virtual machines, e.g. via QEMU. |
79- | ` input ` | Access to input devices: ` /dev/mouse* ` , ` /dev/event* ` . |
80- | ` plugdev ` | Access to pluggable devices. |
81- | ` nogroup ` | System daemons that don't need to own any files. |
82- | ` usbmon ` | Access to ` /dev/usbmon* ` . |
83- | ` users ` | Ordinary users. |
84- | ` xbuilder ` | To use xbps-uchroot(1) with ` xbps-src ` . |
50+ | Group | Description |
51+ | ------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
52+ | ` root ` | Complete access to the system. |
53+ | ` bin ` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
54+ | ` sys ` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
55+ | ` kmem ` | Ability to read from ` /dev/mem ` and ` /dev/port ` . |
56+ | ` wheel ` | Elevated privileges for specific system administration tasks. |
57+ | ` tty ` | Access to TTY-like devices: ` /dev/tty* ` , ` /dev/pts* ` , ` /dev/vcs* ` . |
58+ | ` tape ` | Access to tape devices. |
59+ | ` daemon ` | System daemons that need to write to files on disk. |
60+ | ` floppy ` | Access to floppy drives. |
61+ | ` disk ` | Raw access to ` /dev/sd* ` and ` /dev/loop* ` . |
62+ | ` lp ` | Access to printers. |
63+ | ` dialout ` | Access to serial ports. |
64+ | ` audio ` | Access to audio devices. |
65+ | ` video ` | Access to video devices. |
66+ | ` utmp ` | Ability to write to ` /var/run/utmp ` , ` /var/log/wtmp ` and ` /var/log/btmp ` . |
67+ | ` adm ` | Unused - present for historical reasons. This group was traditionally used for system monitoring, such as viewing files in ` /var/log ` . |
68+ | ` cdrom ` | Access to CD devices. |
69+ | ` optical ` | Access to DVD/CD-RW devices. |
70+ | ` mail ` | Used by some mail packages, e.g. ` dma ` . |
71+ | ` storage ` | Access to removable storage devices. |
72+ | ` scanner ` | Ability to access scanners. |
73+ | ` network ` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
74+ | ` kvm ` | Ability to use KVM for virtual machines, e.g. via QEMU. |
75+ | ` input ` | Access to input devices: ` /dev/mouse* ` , ` /dev/event* ` . |
76+ | ` plugdev ` | Access to pluggable devices. |
77+ | ` nogroup ` | System daemons that don't need to own any files. |
78+ | ` usbmon ` | Access to ` /dev/usbmon* ` . |
79+ | ` users ` | Ordinary users. |
80+ | ` xbuilder ` | To use xbps-uchroot(1) with ` xbps-src ` . |
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