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Table I-1
Types of System Users and Groups with Examples
I.1.2 OES System Users and Groups by Name
Table I-2 lists the users and groups that OES services depend on and use.
Table I-2
System User and Groups Listing
System User or Group Type Purpose Examples
Proxy User Perform very specific service-
related functions, such as
Š
Retrieving passwords and
service attributes
Š
Writing Service information
in eDirectory.
Š
Providing a user ID (uid)
that the associated service
daemon uses to run.
Š
afpProxyUser- servername
Š
cifsProxyUser- servername
Š
LUM_Proxy_user
System Group
Š
Facilitate the management
of system users
Š
Provide access rights to
service data on the server or
in the eDirectory tree.
Š
DHCP
Š
DNSDHCP
System User The daemons associated with the
respective services run as these
users.
Š
wwwrun
Š
iprint
System User or Group Object Type Associated Service
AfpProxyUser- servername Proxy User AFP
(Archive Versioning Proxy)
The install admin is always assigned.
Proxy User Archive and Versioning Services
arkuser System User Archive and Versioning Services
CifsProxyUser- servername Proxy User CIFS
DHCP LDAP Proxy Proxy User DHCP
dhcpd System User DHCP
DHCPGroup System Group DHCP
DNS Proxy Proxy User DNS
DNSDHCP-GROUP System Group DNS
hacluster System User Heartbeat
iFolderProxy Proxy User iFolder 3
iprint System User iPrint