Re: Adopting users(7) and groups(7) manpages from NetBSD

Reply: Artem Bunichev : "Re: Adopting users(7) and groups(7) manpages from NetBSD"
In reply to: Artem Bunichev : "Adopting users(7) and groups(7) manpages from NetBSD"
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From: Tom Hukins <tom_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:02:28 UTC

On Sat, Dec 06, 2025 at 02:30:52PM +0300, Artem Bunichev wrote:
> I couldn't find the following groups in FreeBSD: wsrc, maildrop,
> postfix, named, _proxy (which in FreeBSD is called proxy), _timedc,
> _sdpd, _httpd, _mdnsd, _tcpdump, _tss, _gpio, _dhcpcd (called dhcp in
> FreeBSD), _rtadvd, etc...  For most part, I guess these are missed
> because their programs are not in the FreeBSD base?

Yes, ports/packages specify UIDs and GIDS as described in
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/special/#users-and-groups
which your manual page should mention.

Tom