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Fleet uses osquery tables to query operating system, hardware, and software data. Each table provides specific data for analysis and filtering.

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groups

Local system groups.

Column Type Description
comment text Remarks or comments associated with the group
Only available on Windows
gid bigint Unsigned int64 group ID
gid_signed bigint A signed int64 version of gid
group_sid text Unique group ID
Only available on Windows
groupname text Canonical local group name
is_hidden integer IsHidden attribute set in OpenDirectory
Only available on macOS
pid_with_namespace integer Pids that contain a namespace
Only available on Linux

Example

See all groups with the IsHidden OpenDirectory attribute:

SELECT * FROM groups WHERE is_hidden='1';

Collect the users that are members of the admin group:

SELECT * FROM groups JOIN user_groups USING (gid) JOIN users USING (uid) WHERE groupname='admin';

Notes

  • On Windows, gid and gid_signed are always the same
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