What are the groups of Mac OS

Who can explain to me what are the groups "staff", "system", "admin", I saw "wheel" also, and others

What is their meaning and what is their action ?

Thanks

iMac, Macbook Pro, iPod-nano, iPod-touch, iPhone, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 31, 2012 2:15 PM

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cmrandxpg__ Author

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Feb 1, 2012 1:58 PM in response to kurt188

Thank you for this help.

But what I'm looking for is information and explanation about specific groups like "Wheel", "System", "Admin" etc...

and what role they have.

Thanks for this.

clbobman

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Feb 11, 2014 2:13 PM in response to clbobman

Also to reiterate. I am not part of a NETWORK. I live at home with my wife. Why can I not just be ONE USER! Is it possible?

Feb 12, 2014 5:22 PM in response to cmrandxpg__

If you're curious you could try out the utility BatChMod, but make sure you don't actually change anything unless you know what you're doing!

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What are the groups of Mac OS