hello,
I found some other nicks or users in my /etc/group file
what could I do to restore my system. I can provide the file.
Any help would be great..
Do I Need to fix my root password ?
there is another user who gained access.
brltty root audio input tty uucp brlapi
What do you mean you found other users? Packages will add users. Which user are you specifically concerned with?
They are legit, your user will be in various groups for various reasons,
- input and audio for obvious reasons
- brltty brlapi are for braille access (standard)
- uucp - unix to unix copy.
- tty - terminal.
hi @dalto
thank you for the answer.
Seems I installed another DE I removed all packages from gnome and reinstalled KDE.
I found other pipewire config files with upmixing methods
I erased all the users pipewire config file as I found something uncommon with he sound rendering.
There are three types of users on linux.
- Root User (Administrator) – The superuser with full control over the system, identified by UID
0. - Regular Users – Non-administrative users created for daily operations assigned unique UIDs.
It might be a bit counter-intuitive, but the third category are:
- System Users – Users created by the system for running services like databases and web servers (e.g.,
www-data,mysql).
E.g. if you’re using CUPS for printing, there will be a cups (system) user. If you’re using SANE for your scanner, there will be a SANED (system) user on your system. Those don’t have the same user permissions as your regular user account and won’t get an own user directory within /home.
In short, as @xircon already mentioned, these are totally legit.
Edit: In short, as a sanity check getent group wheel should only return the regular user account that has administrative rights on your system.
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Thank you @1093i3511 for the complete explanation.
I modified my user and root password with much more chars complexity
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