Groups

Adding a user to a group enables that user to perform certain actions or access certain files pertaining to that group.

Below is a list of common groups and their function in Arch.

• abs = rights to Arch's auto build system
• audio = sound
• camera = camera devices
• floppy = floppy drive
• log = access to log files in /var/log
• optical = dvd/cd drives
• scanner = scanners
• slocate = access to command updatedb
• storage = access to external drives
• thinkpad = for thinkpad users accessing /dev/misc/nvram through e.g. tpb
• video = ?
• vmware = right to execute vmware
• wheel = right to do su (though PAM also affects this)