What is the significance of the output of cat /etc/group? [duplicate]
When I run cat /etc/group
on Ubuntu 18.04, I get this output:
root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:syslog,singrium
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
man:x:12:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:
fax:x:21:
voice:x:22:
cdrom:x:24:singrium
floppy:x:25:
tape:x:26:
sudo:x:27:singrium
audio:x:29:pulse
dip:x:30:singrium
www-data:x:33:
backup:x:34:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:
video:x:44:
sasl:x:45:
plugdev:x:46:singrium
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:
users:x:100:
nogroup:x:65534:
systemd-journal:x:101:
systemd-network:x:102:
systemd-resolve:x:103:
input:x:104:
crontab:x:105:
syslog:x:106:
messagebus:x:107:
netdev:x:108:
mlocate:x:109:
ssl-cert:x:110:
uuidd:x:111:
avahi-autoipd:x:112:
bluetooth:x:113:
rtkit:x:114:
ssh:x:115:
lpadmin:x:116:singrium
whoopsie:x:117:
scanner:x:118:saned
saned:x:119:
pulse:x:120:
pulse-access:x:121:
avahi:x:122:
colord:x:123:
geoclue:x:124:
gdm:x:125:
hani:x:1000:
sambashare:x:126:singrium
nvidia-persistenced:x:127:
rdma:x:128:
docker:x:999:
I know that 'root', 'daemon', etc. .. are groups or user names, but what does the rest of that mean (:x:0:
, :x:125:
, :x:126:
, ...)?
Quoting the respective manual page man group
:
NAME
group - user group file
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/group file is a text file that defines the groups on the sys‐
tem. There is one entry per line, with the following format:
group_name:password:GID:user_list
The fields are as follows:
group_name the name of the group.
password the (encrypted) group password. If this field is empty, no
password is needed.
GID the numeric group ID.
user_list a list of the usernames that are members of this group,
separated by commas.