On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, [iso-8859-1] Marcel Fréchette wrote: > > su nobody -c 'touch /tmp/nobody-test.$$' > > ls -l /tmp/nobody-test.* > > I tried running this example from an ordinary account, > and su does ask for nobody's password.
Sorry, I did this example as the superuser. For example, system maintenance scripts already running as root may be able to run some tasks as nobody (and no password needed). > Since none exists (its /etc/shadow entry has a '*'), > I would need to assign one with linuxconf, for instance. > Right? No. A password would not be a good idea for that user. If you want some dummy user that has a password then create another user for this. (A good idea for building and running unknown source, for example, so it can't compromise your own data.) Jeremy C. Reed http://www.isp-faq.com/ -- find answers to your questions _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
