Groups and users are actually just numbers, the mapping to names happens in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
On Linux, user 0 is 'root' and group 0 is 'root'. On BSDs, user 0 is 'root', but group 0 is 'wheel'. Check the /etc/group file on both systems, and you will see. Bernd On 14/06/15 15:46, Max Power wrote: > Thank You Gilles for Your reply. > > Only the group is changed. > But why the owner is remained the same [root]? > On OpenBSD, I can not get root:root ? > > Thanks. > >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 04:32:18PM +0200, Max Power wrote: >>> Hi guys! >>> >>> I copied my files from Debian [ext4] to my new server OpenBSD [5.7 >>> amd64], >>> and I found that all files of 'ROOT' group were imported [in OpenBSD] in >>> the 'Wheel' group. >>> Why is this? >>> >>> [Owner is the same, there is no change.] >>> >>> Thank fro reply. >>> >> >> wheel is the new root. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(Unix_term) >> >> -- >> Gilles Chehade >> >> https://www.poolp.org @poolpOrg
