Account users terminal list

I ran dscl . -list /Users to see the list of users on my Mac, im not sure if all of them are "authentic" can someone please tell me if any of them look off? for example, _mysql, _postgres, _clamav. im not too sure what they are, thanks!

_accessoryupdater


_amavisd


_analyticsd


_aonsensed


_appinstalld


_appleevents


_applepay


_appowner


_appserver


_appstore


_ard


_assetcache


_astris


_atsserver


_audiomxd


_avbdeviced


_avphidbridge


_backgroundassets


_biome


_calendar


_captiveagent


_ces


_clamav


_cmiodalassistants


_coreaudiod


_coremediaiod


_coreml


_corespeechd


_ctkd


_cvmsroot


_cvs


_cyrus


_darwindaemon


_datadetectors


_demod


_devdocs


_devicemgr


_diagnosticservicesd


_diskimagesiod


_displaypolicyd


_distnote


_dovecot


_dovenull


_dpaudio


_driverkit


_eligibilityd


_eppc


_findmydevice


_fpsd


_ftp


_gamecontrollerd


_geod


_hidd


_iconservices


_installassistant


_installcoordinationd


_installer


_jabber


_kadmin_admin


_kadmin_changepw


_knowledgegraphd


_krb_anonymous


_krb_changepw


_krb_kadmin


_krb_kerberos


_krb_krbtgt


_krbfast


_krbtgt


_launchservicesd


_lda


_locationd


_logd


_lp


_mailman


_mbsetupuser


_mcxalr


_mdnsresponder


_mmaintenanced


_mobileasset


_mobilegestalthelper


_modelmanagerd


_mysql


_naturallanguaged


_nearbyd


_netbios


_netstatistics


_networkd


_neuralengine


_notification_proxy


_nsurlsessiond


_oahd


_ondemand


_postfix


_postgres


_qtss


_reportmemoryexception


_reportsystemmemory


_rmd


_sandbox


_screensaver


_scsd


_securityagent


_sntpd


_softwareupdate


_spotlight


_sshd


_svn


_swtransparencyd


_systemstatusd


_taskgated


_teamsserver


_terminusd


_timed


_timezone


_tokend


_trustd


_trustevaluationagent


_unknown


_update_sharing


_usbmuxd


_uucp


_warmd


_webauthserver


_windowserver


_www


_wwwproxy


_xserverdocs


daemon


********* (my user)


nobody


root

Posted on Apr 5, 2025 11:59 AM

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Posted on Apr 5, 2025 12:15 PM

PowWow332 wrote:

I ran dscl . -list /Users to see the list of users on my Mac, im not sure if all of them are "authentic" can someone please tell me if any of them look off?


Nothing looks off.

the whole dump from A to Z < _accessoryupdater...._xserverdocs > all part of the Directory Service.



You would be better off with a more refined command


This will list all registered users on you computer that you would be interested in for a list of users:

dscl . list /Users | grep -v '_'



normal example would be similar here:

daemon

YourUserName

nobody

root

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