> In the /etc/passwd & group is a uid/gid of nobody.
> Why is nobody there and what does he do?
User "nobody" was created in the early days of NFS when you had to deal
with remote RPC that may not be coming from an authenticated user on the
NFS server, and thus do not have a valid uid, or for any
>>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 3:28 PM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-snip-
> Also in his (and others) shadow file he has * as his encrypted password,
> does this have special value?
> nobody:*:13725:0:9:7:::
Yes. It's a value that the hashin
CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR) wrote:
In the /etc/passwd & group is a uid/gid of nobody.
Why is nobody there and what does he do?
Also in his (and others) shadow file he has * as his encrypted password,
does this have special value?
nobody:*:13725:0:9:7:::
New to linux, inquisitive mind ;-)
James C
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> Behalf Of CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:28 PM
> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: question on what is 'nobody'
>
>
> In the /etc/
In the /etc/passwd & group is a uid/gid of nobody.
Why is nobody there and what does he do?
Also in his (and others) shadow file he has * as his encrypted password,
does this have special value?
nobody:*:13725:0:9:7:::
New to linux, inquisitive mind ;-)
James Chaplin
Systems Programmer, MV
