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Funtoo Linux First Steps/Creating a User Account/Funtoo Groups

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Funtoo Groups

wheel: Users in the wheel group have the ability to use the su command to supply the root password and become root. Utilities such as sudo also often use this group.
video: This group is used by the [[Package:NVIDIA Linux Display Drivers|proprietary NVIDIA drivers to grant user access to the underlying graphics hardware.

plugdev: Users in this group are granted access to "pluggable devices". Used by bluez bluetooth stack to allow access to bluetooth devices.

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