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List of AL2027 reserved groups - Amazon Linux 2027
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List of AL2027 reserved groups

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AL2027 is currently available for preview. It is intended for evaluation and testing only and is not recommended for production workloads.

The following tables list the group names that AL2027 packages reserve, as of the AL2027 public preview. A numeric GID is listed when the group is created with a static GID. A group marked dynamic is allocated a GID from the system range (201-999) when the owning package is installed, so the number varies between instances. The list grows as packages are added to AL2027.

Listed by GID

Group name GID
root 0
bin 1
daemon 2
sys 3
adm 4
tty 5
disk 6
lp 7
mem 8
kmem 9
wheel 10
cdrom 11
mail 12
man 15
dialout 18
floppy 19
games 20
utmp 22
squid 23
named 25
postgres 26
rpcuser 29
rpc 32
tape 33
utempter 35
kvm 36
video 39
gdm 42
mailnull 47
apache 48
ftp 50
smmsp 51
tomcat 53
lock 54
ldap 55
tss 59
audio 63
avahi 70
tcpdump 72
sshd 74
radvd 75
saslauth 76
dbus 81
screen 84
wbpriv 88
postfix 89
postdrop 90
radiusd 95
dovecot 97
users 100
clock 103
input 104
render 105
sgx 106
polkitd 114
mock 135
stap-server 155
stapusr 156
stapsys 157
stapdev 158
stapunpriv 159
avahi-autoipd 170
sanlock 179
haproxy 188
haclient 189
systemd-journal 190
systemd-network 192
systemd-resolve 193
ec2-user 1000
nobody 65534
chrony dynamic
clamilt dynamic
clamscan dynamic
clamupdate dynamic
colord dynamic
debuginfod dynamic
dnsmasq dynamic
dovenull dynamic
ec2-instance-connect dynamic
empower dynamic
flatpak dynamic
geoclue dynamic
gnome-remote-desktop dynamic
hacluster dynamic
halt dynamic
libstoragemgmt dynamic
memcached dynamic
munge dynamic
mysql dynamic
nagios dynamic
networkflowmonitor-group dynamic
nfsnobody dynamic
nginx dynamic
nslcd dynamic
ods dynamic
opendkim dynamic
openvpn dynamic
operator dynamic
pcscd dynamic
pesign dynamic
pipewire dynamic
plocate dynamic
printadmin dynamic
rtkit dynamic
shutdown dynamic
sphinx dynamic
sssd dynamic
sync dynamic
systemd-coredump dynamic
systemd-journal-remote dynamic
systemd-oom dynamic
systemd-timesync dynamic
tracing dynamic
unbound dynamic
usbmon dynamic
usershares dynamic
uuidd dynamic
valkey dynamic
virusgroup dynamic
wireshark dynamic
wsdd dynamic

Listed by name

Group name GID
adm 4
apache 48
audio 63
avahi 70
avahi-autoipd 170
bin 1
cdrom 11
chrony dynamic
clamilt dynamic
clamscan dynamic
clamupdate dynamic
clock 103
colord dynamic
daemon 2
dbus 81
debuginfod dynamic
dialout 18
disk 6
dnsmasq dynamic
dovecot 97
dovenull dynamic
ec2-instance-connect dynamic
ec2-user 1000
empower dynamic
flatpak dynamic
floppy 19
ftp 50
games 20
gdm 42
geoclue dynamic
gnome-remote-desktop dynamic
haclient 189
hacluster dynamic
halt dynamic
haproxy 188
input 104
kmem 9
kvm 36
ldap 55
libstoragemgmt dynamic
lock 54
lp 7
mail 12
mailnull 47
man 15
mem 8
memcached dynamic
mock 135
munge dynamic
mysql dynamic
nagios dynamic
named 25
networkflowmonitor-group dynamic
nfsnobody dynamic
nginx dynamic
nobody 65534
nslcd dynamic
ods dynamic
opendkim dynamic
openvpn dynamic
operator dynamic
pcscd dynamic
pesign dynamic
pipewire dynamic
plocate dynamic
polkitd 114
postdrop 90
postfix 89
postgres 26
printadmin dynamic
radiusd 95
radvd 75
render 105
root 0
rpc 32
rpcuser 29
rtkit dynamic
sanlock 179
saslauth 76
screen 84
sgx 106
shutdown dynamic
smmsp 51
sphinx dynamic
squid 23
sshd 74
sssd dynamic
stap-server 155
stapdev 158
stapsys 157
stapunpriv 159
stapusr 156
sync dynamic
sys 3
systemd-coredump dynamic
systemd-journal 190
systemd-journal-remote dynamic
systemd-network 192
systemd-oom dynamic
systemd-resolve 193
systemd-timesync dynamic
tape 33
tcpdump 72
tomcat 53
tracing dynamic
tss 59
tty 5
unbound dynamic
usbmon dynamic
users 100
usershares dynamic
utempter 35
utmp 22
uuidd dynamic
valkey dynamic
video 39
virusgroup dynamic
wbpriv 88
wheel 10
wireshark dynamic
wsdd dynamic