Groups . . . noob question

[Torsten Spindler]

On Sat, 2007-28-04 at 13:30 -0700, Patton Echols wrote:
> The recent discussion of group rights raises a real noob question for me.
> 
> In many discussions, man pages, I see a reference to a group "wheel" but 
> I see no such group on my system.  Is there actually a group of that 
> name?  Or does using that name have a specific result?  Or is it a place 
> marker for "whatever"

Take a look here
http://ftp.debian.org/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.html

and there:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html

Regards,
Torsten