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Standard Linux Users

The tables describe the standard Linux user accounts that are created on the JSA Console and on other JSA product components like JSA All-in-One (JSA console), JSA Risk Manager, JSA Network Insights, App Host, and all other managed hosts).

The following tables show standard Linux user accounts for Red Hat and JSA.

Table 1: Standard Linux User Accounts for Red Hat

User Account

Log in to the Login Shell

Purpose

root (password required)

Yes

Red Hat user

bin

No

Linux Standard Base

daemon

No

Linux Standard Base

adm

No

Linux Standard Base

lp

No

Linux Standard Base

sync

No

Linux Standard Base

shutdown

No

Linux Standard Base

halt

No

Linux Standard Base

mail

No

Linux Standard Base

operator

No

Linux Standard Base

games

No

Red Hat user

ftp

No

Red Hat user

nobody

No

Linux Standard Base

systemd-network

No

Red Hat user

dbus

No

Red Hat user

polkitd

No

Red Hat user

sshd

No

Red Hat user

rpc

No

Red Hat user

rpcuser

No

Red Hat user

nfsnobody

No

Red Hat user

abrt

No

Red Hat user

ntp

No

Red Hat user

tcpdump

No

Red Hat user

tss

No

Red Hat user

saslauth

No

Red Hat user

sssd

No

Red Hat user

Table 2: Standard Linux User Accounts for JSA

User Account

Log in to the Login Shell

Purpose

ziptie

No

Ziptie service used by JSA Risk Manager

vis

No

JSA VIS service used by JSA to process scan results

customactionuser

No

JSA Custom Actions used to isolate custom actions into a chroot jail

mks

No

MKS JSA component for handling secrets

qradar

No

General user for JSA

qvmuser

No

Used by JSA Vulnerability Manager

postgres

No (account locked)

PostgreSQL database used by JSA

tlsdated

No

Tlsdate legacy time sync tool that was previously used by JSA

traefik

No

Traefik service proxies Docker Containers for JSA App Framework

gluster

No

GlusterFS used by JSA HA on event collectors

openvpn

No

OpenVPN optional VPN tool installed by JSA

chrony

No

Chronyd service time sync tool used by JSA

apache

No

Apache Web Server used by JSA

postfix

No

Mail Service used by JSA to send email

nscd

No

Name Service Cache Daemon used by JSA
qniconfiguser

No

Deployment configuration used by JSA Network Insights

nslcd

No

Used by JSA for LDAP functionality
fusionvm No Used by JSA Vulnerability Manager