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Group ID of root

Started by DarkLordofthePenguins, Mar 14 2011 02:56 PM

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DarkLordofthePenguins

Posted 14 March 2011 - 02:56 PM

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I've noticed that on my Mac, the group for root is sometimes listed as admin and sometimes as wheel. What is up with that?

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RHochstenbach

Posted 15 March 2011 - 01:00 AM

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The admin group is used by Mac OS X to determine which accounts are Administrators. The wheel group is a UNIX group for users which need elevated privileges. The root account on Mac OS X is disabled, and instead they use the wheel group to give Administrators full rights.

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