A number, usually associated with a group name, used by the system to identify the group owner of files and directories. The GID of a process becomes the group owner of files created by the process and descendant processes. A GID identifies a group of UIDs.
(group identification number) (n.) The number used by the system to control access to accounts owned by other users.
Group Identifier. The GID is a unique number attributed to a group of users.
Short for roup ID. The means by which a user's membership in a group is identified to various parts of Red Hat Linux. GIDs are numeric, although human-readable names are stored in the /etc/group file.
Group Identifier. A string of one to eight characters that identifies a RACF group. In AIX 1 and z/OS Unix System Services, a number that uniquely identifies a specific group name.
General Identification. An outdated term. Modern Banner users refer to records with V#, student ID, non-person ID or identifiers from previous information systems. See V#, student ID, non-person ID.
See group identification.
The system assigns each group a group ID number. This number is used when writing files to disk (since it is more effecient to store a 4-byte number than an ASCII text group name) [ edit][ edit][ edit][ edit
A decimal number that uniquely identifies a group on the firewall. In essence, the GID becomes for the firewall software synonymous with the group name. GIDs are entered as part of the process of creating a group on the firewall.