adm group in /etc/group

[NoOp]

On 09/21/2011 10:06 PM, Abhishek Dixit wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to know what purpose the group
> 1) adm
> 2) admin
> is in /etc/group file
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/694949/
> I saw this adm group
> adm:x:4:deel
> lpadmin:x:112:deel
> admin:x:120:deel
> 
> what is the difference between adm and admin group?

Perhaps these will help:
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Privileges>
and
<http://oreilly.com/openbook/debian/book/ch04_03.html>
[4.3.5.9 Working with file permissions]